echauffieren — German conjugation

to get worked up

Frequency#1771Regular

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
ichechauffiereI get worked up
duechauffierstyou get worked up
er/sie/esechauffierthe/she/it gets worked up
wirechauffierenwe get worked up
ihrechauffiertyou (pl.) get worked up
sie/Sieechauffierenthey get worked up

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
ichechauffierteI got worked up
duechauffiertestyou got worked up
er/sie/esechauffiertehe/she/it got worked up
wirechauffiertenwe got worked up
ihrechauffiertetyou (pl.) got worked up
sie/Sieechauffiertenthey got worked up

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 echauffiertI have gotten worked up
duhast echauffiertyou have gotten worked up
er/sie/eshat echauffierthe/she/it has gotten worked up
wirhaben echauffiertwe have gotten worked up
ihrhabt echauffiertyou (pl.) have gotten worked up
sie/Siehaben echauffiertthey have gotten worked up

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 echauffiertI had gotten worked up
duhattest echauffiertyou had gotten worked up
er/sie/eshatte echauffierthe/she/it had gotten worked up
wirhatten echauffiertwe had gotten worked up
ihrhattet echauffiertyou (pl.) had gotten worked up
sie/Siehatten echauffiertthey had gotten worked up

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 echauffierenI will get worked up
duwirst echauffierenyou will get worked up
er/sie/eswird echauffierenhe/she/it will get worked up
wirwerden echauffierenwe will get worked up
ihrwerdet echauffierenyou (pl.) will get worked up
sie/Siewerden echauffierenthey will get worked up

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 echauffiert habenI will have gotten worked up
duwirst echauffiert habenyou will have gotten worked up
er/sie/eswird echauffiert habenhe/she/it will have gotten worked up
wirwerden echauffiert habenwe will have gotten worked up
ihrwerdet echauffiert habenyou (pl.) will have gotten worked up
sie/Siewerden echauffiert habenthey will have gotten worked up

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
ichechauffierte
duechauffiertest
er/sie/esechauffierte
wirechauffierten
ihrechauffiertet
sie/Sieechauffierten

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
duechauffiere
ihrechauffiert