empören (sich) — German conjugation
to be outraged
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 | empöre mich | I am outraged |
| du | empörst dich | you are outraged |
| er/sie/es | empört sich | he/she/it is outraged |
| wir | empören uns | we are outraged |
| ihr | empört euch | you (pl.) are outraged |
| sie/Sie | empören sich | they are outraged |
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 | empörte mich | I was outraged |
| du | empörtest dich | you were outraged |
| er/sie/es | empörte sich | he/she/it was outraged |
| wir | empörten uns | we were outraged |
| ihr | empörtet euch | you (pl.) were outraged |
| sie/Sie | empörten sich | they were outraged |
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 mich empört | I have been outraged |
| du | hast dich empört | you have been outraged |
| er/sie/es | hat sich empört | he/she/it has been outraged |
| wir | haben uns empört | we have been outraged |
| ihr | habt euch empört | you (pl.) have been outraged |
| sie/Sie | haben sich empört | they have been outraged |
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 mich empört | I had been outraged |
| du | hattest dich empört | you had been outraged |
| er/sie/es | hatte sich empört | he/she/it had been outraged |
| wir | hatten uns empört | we had been outraged |
| ihr | hattet euch empört | you (pl.) had been outraged |
| sie/Sie | hatten sich empört | they had been outraged |
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 mich empören | I will be outraged |
| du | wirst dich empören | you will be outraged |
| er/sie/es | wird sich empören | he/she/it will be outraged |
| wir | werden uns empören | we will be outraged |
| ihr | werdet euch empören | you (pl.) will be outraged |
| sie/Sie | werden sich empören | they will be outraged |
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 mich empört haben | I will have been outraged |
| du | wirst dich empört haben | you will have been outraged |
| er/sie/es | wird sich empört haben | he/she/it will have been outraged |
| wir | werden uns empört haben | we will have been outraged |
| ihr | werdet euch empört haben | you (pl.) will have been outraged |
| sie/Sie | werden sich empört haben | they will have been outraged |
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 | empörte mich |
| du | empörtest dich |
| er/sie/es | empörte sich |
| wir | empörten uns |
| ihr | empörtet euch |
| sie/Sie | empörten sich |
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 | empöre dich |
| ihr | empört euch |