baumeln — German conjugation

to dangle

Frequency#1611Regular

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
ichbaumeleI dangle
dubaumelstyou dangle
er/sie/esbaumelthe/she/it dangles
wirbaumelnwe dangle
ihrbaumeltyou (pl.) dangle
sie/Siebaumelnthey dangle

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
ichbaumelteI dangled
dubaumeltestyou dangled
er/sie/esbaumeltehe/she/it dangled
wirbaumeltenwe dangled
ihrbaumeltetyou (pl.) dangled
sie/Siebaumeltenthey dangled

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 gebaumeltI have dangled
duhast gebaumeltyou have dangled
er/sie/eshat gebaumelthe/she/it has dangled
wirhaben gebaumeltwe have dangled
ihrhabt gebaumeltyou (pl.) have dangled
sie/Siehaben gebaumeltthey have dangled

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 gebaumeltI had dangled
duhattest gebaumeltyou had dangled
er/sie/eshatte gebaumelthe/she/it had dangled
wirhatten gebaumeltwe had dangled
ihrhattet gebaumeltyou (pl.) had dangled
sie/Siehatten gebaumeltthey had dangled

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 baumelnI will dangle
duwirst baumelnyou will dangle
er/sie/eswird baumelnhe/she/it will dangle
wirwerden baumelnwe will dangle
ihrwerdet baumelnyou (pl.) will dangle
sie/Siewerden baumelnthey will dangle

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 gebaumelt habenI will have dangled
duwirst gebaumelt habenyou will have dangled
er/sie/eswird gebaumelt habenhe/she/it will have dangled
wirwerden gebaumelt habenwe will have dangled
ihrwerdet gebaumelt habenyou (pl.) will have dangled
sie/Siewerden gebaumelt habenthey will have dangled

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
ichbaumelte
dubaumeltest
er/sie/esbaumelte
wirbaumelten
ihrbaumeltet
sie/Siebaumelten

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
dubaumele
ihrbaumelt