gleiten — German conjugation
to glide; to float; to move effortlessly
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | gleite | I glide |
| du | gleitest | you glide |
| er/sie/es | gleitet | he/she/it glides |
| wir | gleiten | we glide |
| ihr | gleitet | you (pl.) glide |
| sie/Sie | gleiten | they glide |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | glitt | I glided |
| du | glittest | you glided |
| er/sie/es | glitt | he/she/it glided |
| wir | glitten | we glided |
| ihr | glittet | you (pl.) glided |
| sie/Sie | glitten | they glided |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 | bin geglitten | I have glided |
| du | bist geglitten | you have glided |
| er/sie/es | ist geglitten | he/she/it has glided |
| wir | sind geglitten | we have glided |
| ihr | seid geglitten | you (pl.) have glided |
| sie/Sie | sind geglitten | they have glided |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 | war geglitten | I had glided |
| du | warst geglitten | you had glided |
| er/sie/es | war geglitten | he/she/it had glided |
| wir | waren geglitten | we had glided |
| ihr | wart geglitten | you (pl.) had glided |
| sie/Sie | waren geglitten | they had glided |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 gleiten | I will glide |
| du | wirst gleiten | you will glide |
| er/sie/es | wird gleiten | he/she/it will glide |
| wir | werden gleiten | we will glide |
| ihr | werdet gleiten | you (pl.) will glide |
| sie/Sie | werden gleiten | they will glide |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 geglitten sein | I will have glided |
| du | wirst geglitten sein | you will have glided |
| er/sie/es | wird geglitten sein | he/she/it will have glided |
| wir | werden geglitten sein | we will have glided |
| ihr | werdet geglitten sein | you (pl.) will have glided |
| sie/Sie | werden geglitten sein | they will have glided |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | glitte |
| du | glittest |
| er/sie/es | glitte |
| wir | glitten |
| ihr | glittet |
| sie/Sie | glitten |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | gleite |
| ihr | gleitet |