glattlegen — German conjugation
to smooth
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 | lege glatt | I smooth |
| du | legst glatt | you smooth |
| er/sie/es | legt glatt | he/she/it smooths |
| wir | legen glatt | we smooth |
| ihr | legt glatt | you (pl.) smooth |
| sie/Sie | legen glatt | they smooth |
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 | legte glatt | I smoothed |
| du | legtest glatt | you smoothed |
| er/sie/es | legte glatt | he/she/it smoothed |
| wir | legten glatt | we smoothed |
| ihr | legtet glatt | you (pl.) smoothed |
| sie/Sie | legten glatt | they smoothed |
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 glattgelegt | I have smoothed |
| du | hast glattgelegt | you have smoothed |
| er/sie/es | hat glattgelegt | he/she/it has smoothed |
| wir | haben glattgelegt | we have smoothed |
| ihr | habt glattgelegt | you (pl.) have smoothed |
| sie/Sie | haben glattgelegt | they have smoothed |
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 glattgelegt | I had smoothed |
| du | hattest glattgelegt | you had smoothed |
| er/sie/es | hatte glattgelegt | he/she/it had smoothed |
| wir | hatten glattgelegt | we had smoothed |
| ihr | hattet glattgelegt | you (pl.) had smoothed |
| sie/Sie | hatten glattgelegt | they had smoothed |
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 glattlegen | I will smooth |
| du | wirst glattlegen | you will smooth |
| er/sie/es | wird glattlegen | he/she/it will smooth |
| wir | werden glattlegen | we will smooth |
| ihr | werdet glattlegen | you (pl.) will smooth |
| sie/Sie | werden glattlegen | they will smooth |
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 glattgelegt haben | I will have smoothed |
| du | wirst glattgelegt haben | you will have smoothed |
| er/sie/es | wird glattgelegt haben | he/she/it will have smoothed |
| wir | werden glattgelegt haben | we will have smoothed |
| ihr | werdet glattgelegt haben | you (pl.) will have smoothed |
| sie/Sie | werden glattgelegt haben | they will have smoothed |
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 | legte glatt |
| du | legtest glatt |
| er/sie/es | legte glatt |
| wir | legten glatt |
| ihr | legtet glatt |
| sie/Sie | legten glatt |
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 | lege glatt |
| ihr | legt glatt |