festschnallen — German conjugation
to buckle up
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 | schnalle fest | I buckle up |
| du | schnallst fest | you buckle up |
| er/sie/es | schnallt fest | he/she/it buckles up |
| wir | schnallen fest | we buckle up |
| ihr | schnallt fest | you (pl.) buckle up |
| sie/Sie | schnallen fest | they buckle up |
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 | schnallte fest | I buckled up |
| du | schnalltest fest | you buckled up |
| er/sie/es | schnallte fest | he/she/it buckled up |
| wir | schnallten fest | we buckled up |
| ihr | schnalltet fest | you (pl.) buckled up |
| sie/Sie | schnallten fest | they buckled up |
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 festgeschnallt | I have buckled up |
| du | hast festgeschnallt | you have buckled up |
| er/sie/es | hat festgeschnallt | he/she/it has buckled up |
| wir | haben festgeschnallt | we have buckled up |
| ihr | habt festgeschnallt | you (pl.) have buckled up |
| sie/Sie | haben festgeschnallt | they have buckled up |
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 festgeschnallt | I had buckled up |
| du | hattest festgeschnallt | you had buckled up |
| er/sie/es | hatte festgeschnallt | he/she/it had buckled up |
| wir | hatten festgeschnallt | we had buckled up |
| ihr | hattet festgeschnallt | you (pl.) had buckled up |
| sie/Sie | hatten festgeschnallt | they had buckled up |
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 festschnallen | I will buckle up |
| du | wirst festschnallen | you will buckle up |
| er/sie/es | wird festschnallen | he/she/it will buckle up |
| wir | werden festschnallen | we will buckle up |
| ihr | werdet festschnallen | you (pl.) will buckle up |
| sie/Sie | werden festschnallen | they will buckle up |
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 festgeschnallt haben | I will have buckled up |
| du | wirst festgeschnallt haben | you will have buckled up |
| er/sie/es | wird festgeschnallt haben | he/she/it will have buckled up |
| wir | werden festgeschnallt haben | we will have buckled up |
| ihr | werdet festgeschnallt haben | you (pl.) will have buckled up |
| sie/Sie | werden festgeschnallt haben | they will have buckled up |
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 | schnallte fest |
| du | schnalltest fest |
| er/sie/es | schnallte fest |
| wir | schnallten fest |
| ihr | schnalltet fest |
| sie/Sie | schnallten fest |
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 | schnalle fest |
| ihr | schnallt fest |