blaumachen — German conjugation

to skip (school)

Frequency#1928Regular

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
ichmache blauI skip
dumachst blauyou skip
er/sie/esmacht blauhe/she/it skips
wirmachen blauwe skip
ihrmacht blauyou (pl.) skip
sie/Siemachen blauthey skip

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
ichmachte blauI skipped
dumachtest blauyou skipped
er/sie/esmachte blauhe/she/it skipped
wirmachten blauwe skipped
ihrmachtet blauyou (pl.) skipped
sie/Siemachten blauthey skipped

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 blaugemachtI have skipped
duhast blaugemachtyou have skipped
er/sie/eshat blaugemachthe/she/it has skipped
wirhaben blaugemachtwe have skipped
ihrhabt blaugemachtyou (pl.) have skipped
sie/Siehaben blaugemachtthey have skipped

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 blaugemachtI had skipped
duhattest blaugemachtyou had skipped
er/sie/eshatte blaugemachthe/she/it had skipped
wirhatten blaugemachtwe had skipped
ihrhattet blaugemachtyou (pl.) had skipped
sie/Siehatten blaugemachtthey had skipped

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 blaumachenI will skip
duwirst blaumachenyou will skip
er/sie/eswird blaumachenhe/she/it will skip
wirwerden blaumachenwe will skip
ihrwerdet blaumachenyou (pl.) will skip
sie/Siewerden blaumachenthey will skip

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

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
ichmachte blau
dumachtest blau
er/sie/esmachte blau
wirmachten blau
ihrmachtet blau
sie/Siemachten blau

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
dumache blau
ihrmacht blau