hageln — German conjugation
to hail (as in hailstones)
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 | hagele | I hail |
| du | hagelst | you hail |
| er/sie/es | hagelt | he/she/it hails |
| wir | hageln | we hail |
| ihr | hagelt | you (pl.) hail |
| sie/Sie | hageln | they hail |
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 | hagelte | I hailed |
| du | hageltest | you hailed |
| er/sie/es | hagelte | he/she/it hailed |
| wir | hagelten | we hailed |
| ihr | hageltet | you (pl.) hailed |
| sie/Sie | hagelten | they hailed |
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 gehagelt | I have hailed |
| du | hast gehagelt | you have hailed |
| er/sie/es | hat gehagelt | he/she/it has hailed |
| wir | haben gehagelt | we have hailed |
| ihr | habt gehagelt | you (pl.) have hailed |
| sie/Sie | haben gehagelt | they have hailed |
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 gehagelt | I had hailed |
| du | hattest gehagelt | you had hailed |
| er/sie/es | hatte gehagelt | he/she/it had hailed |
| wir | hatten gehagelt | we had hailed |
| ihr | hattet gehagelt | you (pl.) had hailed |
| sie/Sie | hatten gehagelt | they had hailed |
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 hageln | I will hail |
| du | wirst hageln | you will hail |
| er/sie/es | wird hageln | he/she/it will hail |
| wir | werden hageln | we will hail |
| ihr | werdet hageln | you (pl.) will hail |
| sie/Sie | werden hageln | they will hail |
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 gehagelt haben | I will have hailed |
| du | wirst gehagelt haben | you will have hailed |
| er/sie/es | wird gehagelt haben | he/she/it will have hailed |
| wir | werden gehagelt haben | we will have hailed |
| ihr | werdet gehagelt haben | you (pl.) will have hailed |
| sie/Sie | werden gehagelt haben | they will have hailed |
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 | hagelte |
| du | hageltest |
| er/sie/es | hagelte |
| wir | hagelten |
| ihr | hageltet |
| sie/Sie | hagelten |
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 | hagele |
| ihr | hagelt |