fretten — German conjugation

to extract

Frequency#1992Regular

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
ichfretteI extract
dufrettestyou extract
er/sie/esfrettethe/she/it extracts
wirfrettenwe extract
ihrfrettetyou (pl.) extract
sie/Siefrettenthey extract

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
ichfretteteI extracted
dufrettetestyou extracted
er/sie/esfrettetehe/she/it extracted
wirfrettetenwe extracted
ihrfrettetetyou (pl.) extracted
sie/Siefrettetenthey extracted

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 gefrettetI have extracted
duhast gefrettetyou have extracted
er/sie/eshat gefrettethe/she/it has extracted
wirhaben gefrettetwe have extracted
ihrhabt gefrettetyou (pl.) have extracted
sie/Siehaben gefrettetthey have extracted

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 gefrettetI had extracted
duhattest gefrettetyou had extracted
er/sie/eshatte gefrettethe/she/it had extracted
wirhatten gefrettetwe had extracted
ihrhattet gefrettetyou (pl.) had extracted
sie/Siehatten gefrettetthey had extracted

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 frettenI will extract
duwirst frettenyou will extract
er/sie/eswird frettenhe/she/it will extract
wirwerden frettenwe will extract
ihrwerdet frettenyou (pl.) will extract
sie/Siewerden frettenthey will extract

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 gefrettet habenI will have extracted
duwirst gefrettet habenyou will have extracted
er/sie/eswird gefrettet habenhe/she/it will have extracted
wirwerden gefrettet habenwe will have extracted
ihrwerdet gefrettet habenyou (pl.) will have extracted
sie/Siewerden gefrettet habenthey will have extracted

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
ichfrettete
dufrettetest
er/sie/esfrettete
wirfretteten
ihrfrettetet
sie/Siefretteten

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
dufrette
ihrfrettet