checken — German conjugation

to check

Frequency#2498Regular

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
ichcheckeI check
ducheckstyou check
er/sie/escheckthe/she/it checks
wircheckenwe check
ihrchecktyou (pl.) check
sie/Siecheckenthey check

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
ichcheckteI checked
duchecktestyou checked
er/sie/eschecktehe/she/it checked
wirchecktenwe checked
ihrchecktetyou (pl.) checked
sie/Siechecktenthey checked

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 gechecktI have checked
duhast gechecktyou have checked
er/sie/eshat gecheckthe/she/it has checked
wirhaben gechecktwe have checked
ihrhabt gechecktyou (pl.) have checked
sie/Siehaben gechecktthey have checked

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 gechecktI had checked
duhattest gechecktyou had checked
er/sie/eshatte gecheckthe/she/it had checked
wirhatten gechecktwe had checked
ihrhattet gechecktyou (pl.) had checked
sie/Siehatten gechecktthey had checked

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 checkenI will check
duwirst checkenyou will check
er/sie/eswird checkenhe/she/it will check
wirwerden checkenwe will check
ihrwerdet checkenyou (pl.) will check
sie/Siewerden checkenthey will check

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

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
ichcheckte
duchecktest
er/sie/escheckte
wircheckten
ihrchecktet
sie/Siecheckten

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
duchecke
ihrcheckt