fretten — German conjugation
to extract
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 | frette | I extract |
| du | frettest | you extract |
| er/sie/es | frettet | he/she/it extracts |
| wir | fretten | we extract |
| ihr | frettet | you (pl.) extract |
| sie/Sie | fretten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | frettete | I extracted |
| du | frettetest | you extracted |
| er/sie/es | frettete | he/she/it extracted |
| wir | fretteten | we extracted |
| ihr | frettetet | you (pl.) extracted |
| sie/Sie | fretteten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe gefrettet | I have extracted |
| du | hast gefrettet | you have extracted |
| er/sie/es | hat gefrettet | he/she/it has extracted |
| wir | haben gefrettet | we have extracted |
| ihr | habt gefrettet | you (pl.) have extracted |
| sie/Sie | haben gefrettet | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte gefrettet | I had extracted |
| du | hattest gefrettet | you had extracted |
| er/sie/es | hatte gefrettet | he/she/it had extracted |
| wir | hatten gefrettet | we had extracted |
| ihr | hattet gefrettet | you (pl.) had extracted |
| sie/Sie | hatten gefrettet | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde fretten | I will extract |
| du | wirst fretten | you will extract |
| er/sie/es | wird fretten | he/she/it will extract |
| wir | werden fretten | we will extract |
| ihr | werdet fretten | you (pl.) will extract |
| sie/Sie | werden fretten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde gefrettet haben | I will have extracted |
| du | wirst gefrettet haben | you will have extracted |
| er/sie/es | wird gefrettet haben | he/she/it will have extracted |
| wir | werden gefrettet haben | we will have extracted |
| ihr | werdet gefrettet haben | you (pl.) will have extracted |
| sie/Sie | werden gefrettet haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | frettete |
| du | frettetest |
| er/sie/es | frettete |
| wir | fretteten |
| ihr | frettetet |
| sie/Sie | fretteten |
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 | frette |
| ihr | frettet |