frömmeln — German conjugation
to be pious
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 | frömmele | I am pious |
| du | frömmelst | you are pious |
| er/sie/es | frömmelt | he/she/it is pious |
| wir | frömmeln | we are pious |
| ihr | frömmelt | you (pl.) are pious |
| sie/Sie | frömmeln | they are pious |
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 | frömmelte | I was pious |
| du | frömmeltest | you were pious |
| er/sie/es | frömmelte | he/she/it was pious |
| wir | frömmelten | we were pious |
| ihr | frömmeltet | you (pl.) were pious |
| sie/Sie | frömmelten | they were pious |
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 gefrömmelt | I have been pious |
| du | hast gefrömmelt | you have been pious |
| er/sie/es | hat gefrömmelt | he/she/it has been pious |
| wir | haben gefrömmelt | we have been pious |
| ihr | habt gefrömmelt | you (pl.) have been pious |
| sie/Sie | haben gefrömmelt | they have been pious |
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 gefrömmelt | I had been pious |
| du | hattest gefrömmelt | you had been pious |
| er/sie/es | hatte gefrömmelt | he/she/it had been pious |
| wir | hatten gefrömmelt | we had been pious |
| ihr | hattet gefrömmelt | you (pl.) had been pious |
| sie/Sie | hatten gefrömmelt | they had been pious |
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 frömmeln | I will be pious |
| du | wirst frömmeln | you will be pious |
| er/sie/es | wird frömmeln | he/she/it will be pious |
| wir | werden frömmeln | we will be pious |
| ihr | werdet frömmeln | you (pl.) will be pious |
| sie/Sie | werden frömmeln | they will be pious |
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 gefrömmelt haben | I will have been pious |
| du | wirst gefrömmelt haben | you will have been pious |
| er/sie/es | wird gefrömmelt haben | he/she/it will have been pious |
| wir | werden gefrömmelt haben | we will have been pious |
| ihr | werdet gefrömmelt haben | you (pl.) will have been pious |
| sie/Sie | werden gefrömmelt haben | they will have been pious |
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 | frömmelte |
| du | frömmeltest |
| er/sie/es | frömmelte |
| wir | frömmelten |
| ihr | frömmeltet |
| sie/Sie | frömmelten |
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 | frömmele |
| ihr | frömmelt |