erbrechen — German conjugation
to vomit
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 | erbreche | I vomit |
| du | erbrichst | you vomit |
| er/sie/es | erbricht | he/she/it vomits |
| wir | erbrechen | we vomit |
| ihr | erbrecht | you (pl.) vomit |
| sie/Sie | erbrechen | they vomit |
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 | erbrach | I vomited |
| du | erbrachst | you vomited |
| er/sie/es | erbrach | he/she/it vomited |
| wir | erbrachen | we vomited |
| ihr | erbracht | you (pl.) vomited |
| sie/Sie | erbrachen | they vomited |
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 erbrochen | I have vomited |
| du | hast erbrochen | you have vomited |
| er/sie/es | hat erbrochen | he/she/it has vomited |
| wir | haben erbrochen | we have vomited |
| ihr | habt erbrochen | you (pl.) have vomited |
| sie/Sie | haben erbrochen | they have vomited |
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 erbrochen | I had vomited |
| du | hattest erbrochen | you had vomited |
| er/sie/es | hatte erbrochen | he/she/it had vomited |
| wir | hatten erbrochen | we had vomited |
| ihr | hattet erbrochen | you (pl.) had vomited |
| sie/Sie | hatten erbrochen | they had vomited |
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 erbrechen | I will vomit |
| du | wirst erbrechen | you will vomit |
| er/sie/es | wird erbrechen | he/she/it will vomit |
| wir | werden erbrechen | we will vomit |
| ihr | werdet erbrechen | you (pl.) will vomit |
| sie/Sie | werden erbrechen | they will vomit |
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 erbrochen haben | I will have vomited |
| du | wirst erbrochen haben | you will have vomited |
| er/sie/es | wird erbrochen haben | he/she/it will have vomited |
| wir | werden erbrochen haben | we will have vomited |
| ihr | werdet erbrochen haben | you (pl.) will have vomited |
| sie/Sie | werden erbrochen haben | they will have vomited |
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 | erbräche |
| du | erbrächest |
| er/sie/es | erbräche |
| wir | erbrächen |
| ihr | erbrächet |
| sie/Sie | erbrächen |
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 | erbrich |
| ihr | erbrecht |