echauffieren — German conjugation
to get worked up
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 | echauffiere | I get worked up |
| du | echauffierst | you get worked up |
| er/sie/es | echauffiert | he/she/it gets worked up |
| wir | echauffieren | we get worked up |
| ihr | echauffiert | you (pl.) get worked up |
| sie/Sie | echauffieren | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | echauffierte | I got worked up |
| du | echauffiertest | you got worked up |
| er/sie/es | echauffierte | he/she/it got worked up |
| wir | echauffierten | we got worked up |
| ihr | echauffiertet | you (pl.) got worked up |
| sie/Sie | echauffierten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe echauffiert | I have gotten worked up |
| du | hast echauffiert | you have gotten worked up |
| er/sie/es | hat echauffiert | he/she/it has gotten worked up |
| wir | haben echauffiert | we have gotten worked up |
| ihr | habt echauffiert | you (pl.) have gotten worked up |
| sie/Sie | haben echauffiert | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte echauffiert | I had gotten worked up |
| du | hattest echauffiert | you had gotten worked up |
| er/sie/es | hatte echauffiert | he/she/it had gotten worked up |
| wir | hatten echauffiert | we had gotten worked up |
| ihr | hattet echauffiert | you (pl.) had gotten worked up |
| sie/Sie | hatten echauffiert | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde echauffieren | I will get worked up |
| du | wirst echauffieren | you will get worked up |
| er/sie/es | wird echauffieren | he/she/it will get worked up |
| wir | werden echauffieren | we will get worked up |
| ihr | werdet echauffieren | you (pl.) will get worked up |
| sie/Sie | werden echauffieren | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde echauffiert haben | I will have gotten worked up |
| du | wirst echauffiert haben | you will have gotten worked up |
| er/sie/es | wird echauffiert haben | he/she/it will have gotten worked up |
| wir | werden echauffiert haben | we will have gotten worked up |
| ihr | werdet echauffiert haben | you (pl.) will have gotten worked up |
| sie/Sie | werden echauffiert haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | echauffierte |
| du | echauffiertest |
| er/sie/es | echauffierte |
| wir | echauffierten |
| ihr | echauffiertet |
| sie/Sie | echauffierten |
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 | echauffiere |
| ihr | echauffiert |