daddeln — German conjugation
to play (a slot machine or video game)
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 | daddele | I play |
| du | daddelst | you play |
| er/sie/es | daddelt | he/she/it plays |
| wir | daddeln | we play |
| ihr | daddelt | you (pl.) play |
| sie/Sie | daddeln | they play |
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 | daddelte | I played |
| du | daddeltest | you played |
| er/sie/es | daddelte | he/she/it played |
| wir | daddelten | we played |
| ihr | daddeltet | you (pl.) played |
| sie/Sie | daddelten | they played |
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 gedaddelt | I have played |
| du | hast gedaddelt | you have played |
| er/sie/es | hat gedaddelt | he/she/it has played |
| wir | haben gedaddelt | we have played |
| ihr | habt gedaddelt | you (pl.) have played |
| sie/Sie | haben gedaddelt | they have played |
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 gedaddelt | I had played |
| du | hattest gedaddelt | you had played |
| er/sie/es | hatte gedaddelt | he/she/it had played |
| wir | hatten gedaddelt | we had played |
| ihr | hattet gedaddelt | you (pl.) had played |
| sie/Sie | hatten gedaddelt | they had played |
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 daddeln | I will play |
| du | wirst daddeln | you will play |
| er/sie/es | wird daddeln | he/she/it will play |
| wir | werden daddeln | we will play |
| ihr | werdet daddeln | you (pl.) will play |
| sie/Sie | werden daddeln | they will play |
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 gedaddelt haben | I will have played |
| du | wirst gedaddelt haben | you will have played |
| er/sie/es | wird gedaddelt haben | he/she/it will have played |
| wir | werden gedaddelt haben | we will have played |
| ihr | werdet gedaddelt haben | you (pl.) will have played |
| sie/Sie | werden gedaddelt haben | they will have played |
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 | daddelte |
| du | daddeltest |
| er/sie/es | daddelte |
| wir | daddelten |
| ihr | daddeltet |
| sie/Sie | daddelten |
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 | daddele |
| ihr | daddelt |