frömmeln — German conjugation

to be pious

Frequency#1993Regular

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
ichfrömmeleI am pious
dufrömmelstyou are pious
er/sie/esfrömmelthe/she/it is pious
wirfrömmelnwe are pious
ihrfrömmeltyou (pl.) are pious
sie/Siefrömmelnthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichfrömmelteI was pious
dufrömmeltestyou were pious
er/sie/esfrömmeltehe/she/it was pious
wirfrömmeltenwe were pious
ihrfrömmeltetyou (pl.) were pious
sie/Siefrömmeltenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gefrömmeltI have been pious
duhast gefrömmeltyou have been pious
er/sie/eshat gefrömmelthe/she/it has been pious
wirhaben gefrömmeltwe have been pious
ihrhabt gefrömmeltyou (pl.) have been pious
sie/Siehaben gefrömmeltthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gefrömmeltI had been pious
duhattest gefrömmeltyou had been pious
er/sie/eshatte gefrömmelthe/she/it had been pious
wirhatten gefrömmeltwe had been pious
ihrhattet gefrömmeltyou (pl.) had been pious
sie/Siehatten gefrömmeltthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde frömmelnI will be pious
duwirst frömmelnyou will be pious
er/sie/eswird frömmelnhe/she/it will be pious
wirwerden frömmelnwe will be pious
ihrwerdet frömmelnyou (pl.) will be pious
sie/Siewerden frömmelnthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gefrömmelt habenI will have been pious
duwirst gefrömmelt habenyou will have been pious
er/sie/eswird gefrömmelt habenhe/she/it will have been pious
wirwerden gefrömmelt habenwe will have been pious
ihrwerdet gefrömmelt habenyou (pl.) will have been pious
sie/Siewerden gefrömmelt habenthey 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?

PronounGerman
ichfrömmelte
dufrömmeltest
er/sie/esfrömmelte
wirfrömmelten
ihrfrömmeltet
sie/Siefrömmelten

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
dufrömmele
ihrfrömmelt