explodieren — German conjugation
to explode
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 | explodiere | I explode |
| du | explodierst | you explode |
| er/sie/es | explodiert | he/she/it explodes |
| wir | explodieren | we explode |
| ihr | explodiert | you (pl.) explode |
| sie/Sie | explodieren | they explode |
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 | explodierte | I exploded |
| du | explodiertest | you exploded |
| er/sie/es | explodierte | he/she/it exploded |
| wir | explodierten | we exploded |
| ihr | explodiertet | you (pl.) exploded |
| sie/Sie | explodierten | they exploded |
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 | bin explodiert | I have exploded |
| du | bist explodiert | you have exploded |
| er/sie/es | ist explodiert | he/she/it has exploded |
| wir | sind explodiert | we have exploded |
| ihr | seid explodiert | you (pl.) have exploded |
| sie/Sie | sind explodiert | they have exploded |
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 | war explodiert | I had exploded |
| du | warst explodiert | you had exploded |
| er/sie/es | war explodiert | he/she/it had exploded |
| wir | waren explodiert | we had exploded |
| ihr | wart explodiert | you (pl.) had exploded |
| sie/Sie | waren explodiert | they had exploded |
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 explodieren | I will explode |
| du | wirst explodieren | you will explode |
| er/sie/es | wird explodieren | he/she/it will explode |
| wir | werden explodieren | we will explode |
| ihr | werdet explodieren | you (pl.) will explode |
| sie/Sie | werden explodieren | they will explode |
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 explodiert sein | I will have exploded |
| du | wirst explodiert sein | you will have exploded |
| er/sie/es | wird explodiert sein | he/she/it will have exploded |
| wir | werden explodiert sein | we will have exploded |
| ihr | werdet explodiert sein | you (pl.) will have exploded |
| sie/Sie | werden explodiert sein | they will have exploded |
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 | explodierte |
| du | explodiertest |
| er/sie/es | explodierte |
| wir | explodierten |
| ihr | explodiertet |
| sie/Sie | explodierten |
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 | explodiere |
| ihr | explodiert |