duckmäusern — German conjugation
to duck down
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 | duckmäusere | I duck down |
| du | duckmäuserst | you duck down |
| er/sie/es | duckmäusert | he/she/it ducks down |
| wir | duckmäusern | we duck down |
| ihr | duckmäusert | you (pl.) duck down |
| sie/Sie | duckmäusern | they duck down |
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 | duckmäuserte | I ducked down |
| du | duckmäusertest | you ducked down |
| er/sie/es | duckmäuserte | he/she/it ducked down |
| wir | duckmäuserten | we ducked down |
| ihr | duckmäusertet | you (pl.) ducked down |
| sie/Sie | duckmäuserten | they ducked down |
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 geduckmäusert | I have ducked down |
| du | hast geduckmäusert | you have ducked down |
| er/sie/es | hat geduckmäusert | he/she/it has ducked down |
| wir | haben geduckmäusert | we have ducked down |
| ihr | habt geduckmäusert | you (pl.) have ducked down |
| sie/Sie | haben geduckmäusert | they have ducked down |
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 geduckmäusert | I had ducked down |
| du | hattest geduckmäusert | you had ducked down |
| er/sie/es | hatte geduckmäusert | he/she/it had ducked down |
| wir | hatten geduckmäusert | we had ducked down |
| ihr | hattet geduckmäusert | you (pl.) had ducked down |
| sie/Sie | hatten geduckmäusert | they had ducked down |
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 duckmäusern | I will duck down |
| du | wirst duckmäusern | you will duck down |
| er/sie/es | wird duckmäusern | he/she/it will duck down |
| wir | werden duckmäusern | we will duck down |
| ihr | werdet duckmäusern | you (pl.) will duck down |
| sie/Sie | werden duckmäusern | they will duck down |
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 geduckmäusert haben | I will have ducked down |
| du | wirst geduckmäusert haben | you will have ducked down |
| er/sie/es | wird geduckmäusert haben | he/she/it will have ducked down |
| wir | werden geduckmäusert haben | we will have ducked down |
| ihr | werdet geduckmäusert haben | you (pl.) will have ducked down |
| sie/Sie | werden geduckmäusert haben | they will have ducked down |
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 | duckmäuserte |
| du | duckmäusertest |
| er/sie/es | duckmäuserte |
| wir | duckmäuserten |
| ihr | duckmäusertet |
| sie/Sie | duckmäuserten |
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 | duckmäusere |
| ihr | duckmäusert |