flöten — German conjugation
to flute (play a flute)
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 | flöte | I flute |
| du | flötest | you flute |
| er/sie/es | flötet | he/she/it flutes |
| wir | flöten | we flute |
| ihr | flötet | you (pl.) flute |
| sie/Sie | flöten | they flute |
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 | flötete | I fluted |
| du | flötetest | you fluted |
| er/sie/es | flötete | he/she/it fluted |
| wir | flöteten | we fluted |
| ihr | flötetet | you (pl.) fluted |
| sie/Sie | flöteten | they fluted |
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 geflötet | I have fluted |
| du | hast geflötet | you have fluted |
| er/sie/es | hat geflötet | he/she/it has fluted |
| wir | haben geflötet | we have fluted |
| ihr | habt geflötet | you (pl.) have fluted |
| sie/Sie | haben geflötet | they have fluted |
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 geflötet | I had fluted |
| du | hattest geflötet | you had fluted |
| er/sie/es | hatte geflötet | he/she/it had fluted |
| wir | hatten geflötet | we had fluted |
| ihr | hattet geflötet | you (pl.) had fluted |
| sie/Sie | hatten geflötet | they had fluted |
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 flöten | I will flute |
| du | wirst flöten | you will flute |
| er/sie/es | wird flöten | he/she/it will flute |
| wir | werden flöten | we will flute |
| ihr | werdet flöten | you (pl.) will flute |
| sie/Sie | werden flöten | they will flute |
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 geflötet haben | I will have fluted |
| du | wirst geflötet haben | you will have fluted |
| er/sie/es | wird geflötet haben | he/she/it will have fluted |
| wir | werden geflötet haben | we will have fluted |
| ihr | werdet geflötet haben | you (pl.) will have fluted |
| sie/Sie | werden geflötet haben | they will have fluted |
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 | flötete |
| du | flötetest |
| er/sie/es | flötete |
| wir | flöteten |
| ihr | flötetet |
| sie/Sie | flöteten |
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 | flöte |
| ihr | flötet |