impfen — German conjugation
to vaccinate
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 | impfe | I vaccinate |
| du | impfst | you vaccinate |
| er/sie/es | impft | he/she/it vaccinates |
| wir | impfen | we vaccinate |
| ihr | impft | you (pl.) vaccinate |
| sie/Sie | impfen | they vaccinate |
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 | impfte | I vaccinated |
| du | impftest | you vaccinated |
| er/sie/es | impfte | he/she/it vaccinated |
| wir | impften | we vaccinated |
| ihr | impftet | you (pl.) vaccinated |
| sie/Sie | impften | they vaccinated |
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 geimpft | I have vaccinated |
| du | hast geimpft | you have vaccinated |
| er/sie/es | hat geimpft | he/she/it has vaccinated |
| wir | haben geimpft | we have vaccinated |
| ihr | habt geimpft | you (pl.) have vaccinated |
| sie/Sie | haben geimpft | they have vaccinated |
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 geimpft | I had vaccinated |
| du | hattest geimpft | you had vaccinated |
| er/sie/es | hatte geimpft | he/she/it had vaccinated |
| wir | hatten geimpft | we had vaccinated |
| ihr | hattet geimpft | you (pl.) had vaccinated |
| sie/Sie | hatten geimpft | they had vaccinated |
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 impfen | I will vaccinate |
| du | wirst impfen | you will vaccinate |
| er/sie/es | wird impfen | he/she/it will vaccinate |
| wir | werden impfen | we will vaccinate |
| ihr | werdet impfen | you (pl.) will vaccinate |
| sie/Sie | werden impfen | they will vaccinate |
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 geimpft haben | I will have vaccinated |
| du | wirst geimpft haben | you will have vaccinated |
| er/sie/es | wird geimpft haben | he/she/it will have vaccinated |
| wir | werden geimpft haben | we will have vaccinated |
| ihr | werdet geimpft haben | you (pl.) will have vaccinated |
| sie/Sie | werden geimpft haben | they will have vaccinated |
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 | impfte |
| du | impftest |
| er/sie/es | impfte |
| wir | impften |
| ihr | impftet |
| sie/Sie | impften |
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 | impfe |
| ihr | impft |