fluten — German conjugation
to flood
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 | flute | I flood |
| du | flutest | you flood |
| er/sie/es | flutet | he/she/it floods |
| wir | fluten | we flood |
| ihr | flutet | you (pl.) flood |
| sie/Sie | fluten | they flood |
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 | flutete | I flooded |
| du | flutetest | you flooded |
| er/sie/es | flutete | he/she/it flooded |
| wir | fluteten | we flooded |
| ihr | flutetet | you (pl.) flooded |
| sie/Sie | fluteten | they flooded |
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 geflutet | I have flooded |
| du | hast geflutet | you have flooded |
| er/sie/es | hat geflutet | he/she/it has flooded |
| wir | haben geflutet | we have flooded |
| ihr | habt geflutet | you (pl.) have flooded |
| sie/Sie | haben geflutet | they have flooded |
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 geflutet | I had flooded |
| du | hattest geflutet | you had flooded |
| er/sie/es | hatte geflutet | he/she/it had flooded |
| wir | hatten geflutet | we had flooded |
| ihr | hattet geflutet | you (pl.) had flooded |
| sie/Sie | hatten geflutet | they had flooded |
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 fluten | I will flood |
| du | wirst fluten | you will flood |
| er/sie/es | wird fluten | he/she/it will flood |
| wir | werden fluten | we will flood |
| ihr | werdet fluten | you (pl.) will flood |
| sie/Sie | werden fluten | they will flood |
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 geflutet haben | I will have flooded |
| du | wirst geflutet haben | you will have flooded |
| er/sie/es | wird geflutet haben | he/she/it will have flooded |
| wir | werden geflutet haben | we will have flooded |
| ihr | werdet geflutet haben | you (pl.) will have flooded |
| sie/Sie | werden geflutet haben | they will have flooded |
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 | flutete |
| du | flutetest |
| er/sie/es | flutete |
| wir | fluteten |
| ihr | flutetet |
| sie/Sie | fluteten |
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 | flute |
| ihr | flutet |