flechten — German conjugation

to braid

Frequency#1072Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichflechteI braid
duflechtestyou braid
er/sie/esflechtethe/she/it braids
wirflechtenwe braid
ihrflechtetyou (pl.) braid
sie/Sieflechtenthey braid

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichflechteteI braided
duflechtetestyou braided
er/sie/esflechtetehe/she/it braided
wirflechtetenwe braided
ihrflechtetetyou (pl.) braided
sie/Sieflechtetenthey braided

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe geflechtetI have braided
duhast geflechtetyou have braided
er/sie/eshat geflechtethe/she/it has braided
wirhaben geflechtetwe have braided
ihrhabt geflechtetyou (pl.) have braided
sie/Siehaben geflechtetthey have braided

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte geflechtetI had braided
duhattest geflechtetyou had braided
er/sie/eshatte geflechtethe/she/it had braided
wirhatten geflechtetwe had braided
ihrhattet geflechtetyou (pl.) had braided
sie/Siehatten geflechtetthey had braided

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde flechtenI will braid
duwirst flechtenyou will braid
er/sie/eswird flechtenhe/she/it will braid
wirwerden flechtenwe will braid
ihrwerdet flechtenyou (pl.) will braid
sie/Siewerden flechtenthey will braid

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde geflechtet habenI will have braided
duwirst geflechtet habenyou will have braided
er/sie/eswird geflechtet habenhe/she/it will have braided
wirwerden geflechtet habenwe will have braided
ihrwerdet geflechtet habenyou (pl.) will have braided
sie/Siewerden geflechtet habenthey will have braided

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?

PronounGerman
ichflechtete
duflechtetest
er/sie/esflechtete
wirflechteten
ihrflechtetet
sie/Sieflechteten

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.

PronounGerman
duflechte
ihrflechtet