herunterschlucken — German conjugation
to swallow down
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 | schlucke herunter | I swallow down |
| du | schluckst herunter | you swallow down |
| er/sie/es | schluckt herunter | he/she/it swallows down |
| wir | schlucken herunter | we swallow down |
| ihr | schluckt herunter | you (pl.) swallow down |
| sie/Sie | schlucken herunter | they swallow down |
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 | schluckte herunter | I swallowed down |
| du | schlucktest herunter | you swallowed down |
| er/sie/es | schluckte herunter | he/she/it swallowed down |
| wir | schluckten herunter | we swallowed down |
| ihr | schlucktet herunter | you (pl.) swallowed down |
| sie/Sie | schluckten herunter | they swallowed down |
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 heruntergeschluckt | I have swallowed down |
| du | hast heruntergeschluckt | you have swallowed down |
| er/sie/es | hat heruntergeschluckt | he/she/it has swallowed down |
| wir | haben heruntergeschluckt | we have swallowed down |
| ihr | habt heruntergeschluckt | you (pl.) have swallowed down |
| sie/Sie | haben heruntergeschluckt | they have swallowed down |
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 heruntergeschluckt | I had swallowed down |
| du | hattest heruntergeschluckt | you had swallowed down |
| er/sie/es | hatte heruntergeschluckt | he/she/it had swallowed down |
| wir | hatten heruntergeschluckt | we had swallowed down |
| ihr | hattet heruntergeschluckt | you (pl.) had swallowed down |
| sie/Sie | hatten heruntergeschluckt | they had swallowed down |
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 herunterschlucken | I will swallow down |
| du | wirst herunterschlucken | you will swallow down |
| er/sie/es | wird herunterschlucken | he/she/it will swallow down |
| wir | werden herunterschlucken | we will swallow down |
| ihr | werdet herunterschlucken | you (pl.) will swallow down |
| sie/Sie | werden herunterschlucken | they will swallow down |
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 heruntergeschluckt haben | I will have swallowed down |
| du | wirst heruntergeschluckt haben | you will have swallowed down |
| er/sie/es | wird heruntergeschluckt haben | he/she/it will have swallowed down |
| wir | werden heruntergeschluckt haben | we will have swallowed down |
| ihr | werdet heruntergeschluckt haben | you (pl.) will have swallowed down |
| sie/Sie | werden heruntergeschluckt haben | they will have swallowed down |
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 | schluckte herunter |
| du | schlucktest herunter |
| er/sie/es | schluckte herunter |
| wir | schluckten herunter |
| ihr | schlucktet herunter |
| sie/Sie | schluckten herunter |
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 | schlucke herunter |
| ihr | schluckt herunter |