buffieren — German conjugation

to puff

Frequency#2309Regular

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
ichbuffiereI puff
dubuffierstyou puff
er/sie/esbuffierthe/she/it puffs
wirbuffierenwe puff
ihrbuffiertyou (pl.) puff
sie/Siebuffierenthey puff

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
ichbuffierteI puffed
dubuffiertestyou puffed
er/sie/esbuffiertehe/she/it puffed
wirbuffiertenwe puffed
ihrbuffiertetyou (pl.) puffed
sie/Siebuffiertenthey puffed

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 buffiertI have puffed
duhast buffiertyou have puffed
er/sie/eshat buffierthe/she/it has puffed
wirhaben buffiertwe have puffed
ihrhabt buffiertyou (pl.) have puffed
sie/Siehaben buffiertthey have puffed

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 buffiertI had puffed
duhattest buffiertyou had puffed
er/sie/eshatte buffierthe/she/it had puffed
wirhatten buffiertwe had puffed
ihrhattet buffiertyou (pl.) had puffed
sie/Siehatten buffiertthey had puffed

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 buffierenI will puff
duwirst buffierenyou will puff
er/sie/eswird buffierenhe/she/it will puff
wirwerden buffierenwe will puff
ihrwerdet buffierenyou (pl.) will puff
sie/Siewerden buffierenthey will puff

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

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
ichbuffierte
dubuffiertest
er/sie/esbuffierte
wirbuffierten
ihrbuffiertet
sie/Siebuffierten

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
dubuffiere
ihrbuffiert