ächzen — German conjugation

to groan

Frequency#2285Regular

Indicative

Present (Präsens) Regular

Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.

Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichächzeI groan
duächztyou groan
er/sie/esächzthe/she/it groans
wirächzenwe groan
ihrächztyou (pl.) groan
sie/Sieächzenthey groan

Simple past (Präteritum) Regular

Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.

Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichächzteI groaned
duächztestyou groaned
er/sie/esächztehe/she/it groaned
wirächztenwe groaned
ihrächztetyou (pl.) groaned
sie/Sieächztenthey groaned

Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular

The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.

Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe geächztI have groaned
duhast geächztyou have groaned
er/sie/eshat geächzthe/she/it has groaned
wirhaben geächztwe have groaned
ihrhabt geächztyou (pl.) have groaned
sie/Siehaben geächztthey have groaned

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular

The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.

Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte geächztI had groaned
duhattest geächztyou had groaned
er/sie/eshatte geächzthe/she/it had groaned
wirhatten geächztwe had groaned
ihrhattet geächztyou (pl.) had groaned
sie/Siehatten geächztthey had groaned

Future I (Futur I) Regular

Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.

Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde ächzenI will groan
duwirst ächzenyou will groan
er/sie/eswird ächzenhe/she/it will groan
wirwerden ächzenwe will groan
ihrwerdet ächzenyou (pl.) will groan
sie/Siewerden ächzenthey will groan

Future II (Futur II) Regular

Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.

Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde geächzt habenI will have groaned
duwirst geächzt habenyou will have groaned
er/sie/eswird geächzt habenhe/she/it will have groaned
wirwerden geächzt habenwe will have groaned
ihrwerdet geächzt habenyou (pl.) will have groaned
sie/Siewerden geächzt habenthey will have groaned

Subjunctive

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular

Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.

Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?

PronounGerman
ichächzte
duächztest
er/sie/esächzte
wirächzten
ihrächztet
sie/Sieächzten

Other forms

Imperative (Imperativ) Regular

The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.

Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.

PronounGerman
duächze
ihrächzt