entrümpeln — German conjugation
to clear out
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 | entrümpele | I clear out |
| du | entrümpelst | you clear out |
| er/sie/es | entrümpelt | he/she/it clears out |
| wir | entrümpeln | we clear out |
| ihr | entrümpelt | you (pl.) clear out |
| sie/Sie | entrümpeln | they clear out |
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 | entrümpelte | I cleared out |
| du | entrümpeltest | you cleared out |
| er/sie/es | entrümpelte | he/she/it cleared out |
| wir | entrümpelten | we cleared out |
| ihr | entrümpeltet | you (pl.) cleared out |
| sie/Sie | entrümpelten | they cleared out |
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 entrümpelt | I have cleared out |
| du | hast entrümpelt | you have cleared out |
| er/sie/es | hat entrümpelt | he/she/it has cleared out |
| wir | haben entrümpelt | we have cleared out |
| ihr | habt entrümpelt | you (pl.) have cleared out |
| sie/Sie | haben entrümpelt | they have cleared out |
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 entrümpelt | I had cleared out |
| du | hattest entrümpelt | you had cleared out |
| er/sie/es | hatte entrümpelt | he/she/it had cleared out |
| wir | hatten entrümpelt | we had cleared out |
| ihr | hattet entrümpelt | you (pl.) had cleared out |
| sie/Sie | hatten entrümpelt | they had cleared out |
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 entrümpeln | I will clear out |
| du | wirst entrümpeln | you will clear out |
| er/sie/es | wird entrümpeln | he/she/it will clear out |
| wir | werden entrümpeln | we will clear out |
| ihr | werdet entrümpeln | you (pl.) will clear out |
| sie/Sie | werden entrümpeln | they will clear out |
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 entrümpelt haben | I will have cleared out |
| du | wirst entrümpelt haben | you will have cleared out |
| er/sie/es | wird entrümpelt haben | he/she/it will have cleared out |
| wir | werden entrümpelt haben | we will have cleared out |
| ihr | werdet entrümpelt haben | you (pl.) will have cleared out |
| sie/Sie | werden entrümpelt haben | they will have cleared out |
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 | entrümpelte |
| du | entrümpeltest |
| er/sie/es | entrümpelte |
| wir | entrümpelten |
| ihr | entrümpeltet |
| sie/Sie | entrümpelten |
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 | entrümpele |
| ihr | entrümpelt |