bügeln — German conjugation

to iron

Frequency#1112Regular

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
ichbügeleI iron
dubügelstyou iron
er/sie/esbügelthe/she/it irons
wirbügelnwe iron
ihrbügeltyou (pl.) iron
sie/Siebügelnthey iron

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
ichbügelteI ironed
dubügeltestyou ironed
er/sie/esbügeltehe/she/it ironed
wirbügeltenwe ironed
ihrbügeltetyou (pl.) ironed
sie/Siebügeltenthey ironed

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 gebügeltI have ironed
duhast gebügeltyou have ironed
er/sie/eshat gebügelthe/she/it has ironed
wirhaben gebügeltwe have ironed
ihrhabt gebügeltyou (pl.) have ironed
sie/Siehaben gebügeltthey have ironed

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 gebügeltI had ironed
duhattest gebügeltyou had ironed
er/sie/eshatte gebügelthe/she/it had ironed
wirhatten gebügeltwe had ironed
ihrhattet gebügeltyou (pl.) had ironed
sie/Siehatten gebügeltthey had ironed

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 bügelnI will iron
duwirst bügelnyou will iron
er/sie/eswird bügelnhe/she/it will iron
wirwerden bügelnwe will iron
ihrwerdet bügelnyou (pl.) will iron
sie/Siewerden bügelnthey will iron

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

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
ichbügelte
dubügeltest
er/sie/esbügelte
wirbügelten
ihrbügeltet
sie/Siebügelten

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
dubügele
ihrbügelt