brutzeln — German conjugation
to sizzle
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 | brutzele | I sizzle |
| du | brutzelst | you sizzle |
| er/sie/es | brutzelt | he/she/it sizzles |
| wir | brutzeln | we sizzle |
| ihr | brutzelt | you (pl.) sizzle |
| sie/Sie | brutzeln | they sizzle |
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 | brutzelte | I sizzled |
| du | brutzeltest | you sizzled |
| er/sie/es | brutzelte | he/she/it sizzled |
| wir | brutzelten | we sizzled |
| ihr | brutzeltet | you (pl.) sizzled |
| sie/Sie | brutzelten | they sizzled |
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 gebrutzelt | I have sizzled |
| du | hast gebrutzelt | you have sizzled |
| er/sie/es | hat gebrutzelt | he/she/it has sizzled |
| wir | haben gebrutzelt | we have sizzled |
| ihr | habt gebrutzelt | you (pl.) have sizzled |
| sie/Sie | haben gebrutzelt | they have sizzled |
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 gebrutzelt | I had sizzled |
| du | hattest gebrutzelt | you had sizzled |
| er/sie/es | hatte gebrutzelt | he/she/it had sizzled |
| wir | hatten gebrutzelt | we had sizzled |
| ihr | hattet gebrutzelt | you (pl.) had sizzled |
| sie/Sie | hatten gebrutzelt | they had sizzled |
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 brutzeln | I will sizzle |
| du | wirst brutzeln | you will sizzle |
| er/sie/es | wird brutzeln | he/she/it will sizzle |
| wir | werden brutzeln | we will sizzle |
| ihr | werdet brutzeln | you (pl.) will sizzle |
| sie/Sie | werden brutzeln | they will sizzle |
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 gebrutzelt haben | I will have sizzled |
| du | wirst gebrutzelt haben | you will have sizzled |
| er/sie/es | wird gebrutzelt haben | he/she/it will have sizzled |
| wir | werden gebrutzelt haben | we will have sizzled |
| ihr | werdet gebrutzelt haben | you (pl.) will have sizzled |
| sie/Sie | werden gebrutzelt haben | they will have sizzled |
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 | brutzelte |
| du | brutzeltest |
| er/sie/es | brutzelte |
| wir | brutzelten |
| ihr | brutzeltet |
| sie/Sie | brutzelten |
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 | brutzele |
| ihr | brutzelt |