glücken — German conjugation
to succeed
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 | glücke | I succeed |
| du | glückst | you succeed |
| er/sie/es | glückt | he/she/it succeeds |
| wir | glücken | we succeed |
| ihr | glückt | you (pl.) succeed |
| sie/Sie | glücken | they succeed |
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 | glückte | I succeeded |
| du | glücktest | you succeeded |
| er/sie/es | glückte | he/she/it succeeded |
| wir | glückten | we succeeded |
| ihr | glücktet | you (pl.) succeeded |
| sie/Sie | glückten | they succeeded |
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 | bin geglückt | I have succeeded |
| du | bist geglückt | you have succeeded |
| er/sie/es | ist geglückt | he/she/it has succeeded |
| wir | sind geglückt | we have succeeded |
| ihr | seid geglückt | you (pl.) have succeeded |
| sie/Sie | sind geglückt | they have succeeded |
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 | war geglückt | I had succeeded |
| du | warst geglückt | you had succeeded |
| er/sie/es | war geglückt | he/she/it had succeeded |
| wir | waren geglückt | we had succeeded |
| ihr | wart geglückt | you (pl.) had succeeded |
| sie/Sie | waren geglückt | they had succeeded |
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 glücken | I will succeed |
| du | wirst glücken | you will succeed |
| er/sie/es | wird glücken | he/she/it will succeed |
| wir | werden glücken | we will succeed |
| ihr | werdet glücken | you (pl.) will succeed |
| sie/Sie | werden glücken | they will succeed |
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 geglückt sein | I will have succeeded |
| du | wirst geglückt sein | you will have succeeded |
| er/sie/es | wird geglückt sein | he/she/it will have succeeded |
| wir | werden geglückt sein | we will have succeeded |
| ihr | werdet geglückt sein | you (pl.) will have succeeded |
| sie/Sie | werden geglückt sein | they will have succeeded |
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 | glückte |
| du | glücktest |
| er/sie/es | glückte |
| wir | glückten |
| ihr | glücktet |
| sie/Sie | glückten |
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 | glücke |
| ihr | glückt |