glücken — German conjugation

to succeed

Frequency#2505Regular

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
ichglückeI succeed
duglückstyou succeed
er/sie/esglückthe/she/it succeeds
wirglückenwe succeed
ihrglücktyou (pl.) succeed
sie/Sieglückenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichglückteI succeeded
duglücktestyou succeeded
er/sie/esglücktehe/she/it succeeded
wirglücktenwe succeeded
ihrglücktetyou (pl.) succeeded
sie/Sieglücktenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbin geglücktI have succeeded
dubist geglücktyou have succeeded
er/sie/esist geglückthe/she/it has succeeded
wirsind geglücktwe have succeeded
ihrseid geglücktyou (pl.) have succeeded
sie/Siesind geglücktthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwar geglücktI had succeeded
duwarst geglücktyou had succeeded
er/sie/eswar geglückthe/she/it had succeeded
wirwaren geglücktwe had succeeded
ihrwart geglücktyou (pl.) had succeeded
sie/Siewaren geglücktthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde glückenI will succeed
duwirst glückenyou will succeed
er/sie/eswird glückenhe/she/it will succeed
wirwerden glückenwe will succeed
ihrwerdet glückenyou (pl.) will succeed
sie/Siewerden glückenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde geglückt seinI will have succeeded
duwirst geglückt seinyou will have succeeded
er/sie/eswird geglückt seinhe/she/it will have succeeded
wirwerden geglückt seinwe will have succeeded
ihrwerdet geglückt seinyou (pl.) will have succeeded
sie/Siewerden geglückt seinthey 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?

PronounGerman
ichglückte
duglücktest
er/sie/esglückte
wirglückten
ihrglücktet
sie/Sieglückten

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
duglücke
ihrglückt