brüllen — German conjugation
to roar, to bellow
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | brülle | I roar |
| du | brüllst | you roar |
| er/sie/es | brüllt | he/she/it roars |
| wir | brüllen | we roar |
| ihr | brüllt | you (pl.) roar |
| sie/Sie | brüllen | they roar |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | brüllte | I roared |
| du | brülltest | you roared |
| er/sie/es | brüllte | he/she/it roared |
| wir | brüllten | we roared |
| ihr | brülltet | you (pl.) roared |
| sie/Sie | brüllten | they roared |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe gebrüllt | I have roared |
| du | hast gebrüllt | you have roared |
| er/sie/es | hat gebrüllt | he/she/it has roared |
| wir | haben gebrüllt | we have roared |
| ihr | habt gebrüllt | you (pl.) have roared |
| sie/Sie | haben gebrüllt | they have roared |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte gebrüllt | I had roared |
| du | hattest gebrüllt | you had roared |
| er/sie/es | hatte gebrüllt | he/she/it had roared |
| wir | hatten gebrüllt | we had roared |
| ihr | hattet gebrüllt | you (pl.) had roared |
| sie/Sie | hatten gebrüllt | they had roared |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde brüllen | I will roar |
| du | wirst brüllen | you will roar |
| er/sie/es | wird brüllen | he/she/it will roar |
| wir | werden brüllen | we will roar |
| ihr | werdet brüllen | you (pl.) will roar |
| sie/Sie | werden brüllen | they will roar |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde gebrüllt haben | I will have roared |
| du | wirst gebrüllt haben | you will have roared |
| er/sie/es | wird gebrüllt haben | he/she/it will have roared |
| wir | werden gebrüllt haben | we will have roared |
| ihr | werdet gebrüllt haben | you (pl.) will have roared |
| sie/Sie | werden gebrüllt haben | they will have roared |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | brüllte |
| du | brülltest |
| er/sie/es | brüllte |
| wir | brüllten |
| ihr | brülltet |
| sie/Sie | brüllten |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | brülle |
| ihr | brüllt |