empfinden — German conjugation
to feel
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | empfinde | I feel |
| du | empfindest | you feel |
| er/sie/es | empfindet | he/she/it feels |
| wir | empfinden | we feel |
| ihr | empfindet | you (pl.) feel |
| sie/Sie | empfinden | they feel |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | empfand | I felt |
| du | empfandest | you felt |
| er/sie/es | empfand | he/she/it felt |
| wir | empfanden | we felt |
| ihr | empfandet | you (pl.) felt |
| sie/Sie | empfanden | they felt |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 empfunden | I have felt |
| du | hast empfunden | you have felt |
| er/sie/es | hat empfunden | he/she/it has felt |
| wir | haben empfunden | we have felt |
| ihr | habt empfunden | you (pl.) have felt |
| sie/Sie | haben empfunden | they have felt |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 empfunden | I had felt |
| du | hattest empfunden | you had felt |
| er/sie/es | hatte empfunden | he/she/it had felt |
| wir | hatten empfunden | we had felt |
| ihr | hattet empfunden | you (pl.) had felt |
| sie/Sie | hatten empfunden | they had felt |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 empfinden | I will feel |
| du | wirst empfinden | you will feel |
| er/sie/es | wird empfinden | he/she/it will feel |
| wir | werden empfinden | we will feel |
| ihr | werdet empfinden | you (pl.) will feel |
| sie/Sie | werden empfinden | they will feel |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 empfunden haben | I will have felt |
| du | wirst empfunden haben | you will have felt |
| er/sie/es | wird empfunden haben | he/she/it will have felt |
| wir | werden empfunden haben | we will have felt |
| ihr | werdet empfunden haben | you (pl.) will have felt |
| sie/Sie | werden empfunden haben | they will have felt |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | empfände |
| du | empfändest |
| er/sie/es | empfände |
| wir | empfänden |
| ihr | empfändet |
| sie/Sie | empfänden |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | empfinde |
| ihr | empfindet |