jodeln — German conjugation
to yodel
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 | jodele | I yodel |
| du | jodelst | you yodel |
| er/sie/es | jodelt | he/she/it yodels |
| wir | jodeln | we yodel |
| ihr | jodelt | you (pl.) yodel |
| sie/Sie | jodeln | they yodel |
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 | jodelte | I yodelled |
| du | jodeltest | you yodelled |
| er/sie/es | jodelte | he/she/it yodelled |
| wir | jodelten | we yodelled |
| ihr | jodeltet | you (pl.) yodelled |
| sie/Sie | jodelten | they yodelled |
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 gejodelt | I have yodelled |
| du | hast gejodelt | you have yodelled |
| er/sie/es | hat gejodelt | he/she/it has yodelled |
| wir | haben gejodelt | we have yodelled |
| ihr | habt gejodelt | you (pl.) have yodelled |
| sie/Sie | haben gejodelt | they have yodelled |
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 gejodelt | I had yodelled |
| du | hattest gejodelt | you had yodelled |
| er/sie/es | hatte gejodelt | he/she/it had yodelled |
| wir | hatten gejodelt | we had yodelled |
| ihr | hattet gejodelt | you (pl.) had yodelled |
| sie/Sie | hatten gejodelt | they had yodelled |
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 jodeln | I will yodel |
| du | wirst jodeln | you will yodel |
| er/sie/es | wird jodeln | he/she/it will yodel |
| wir | werden jodeln | we will yodel |
| ihr | werdet jodeln | you (pl.) will yodel |
| sie/Sie | werden jodeln | they will yodel |
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 gejodelt haben | I will have yodelled |
| du | wirst gejodelt haben | you will have yodelled |
| er/sie/es | wird gejodelt haben | he/she/it will have yodelled |
| wir | werden gejodelt haben | we will have yodelled |
| ihr | werdet gejodelt haben | you (pl.) will have yodelled |
| sie/Sie | werden gejodelt haben | they will have yodelled |
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 | jodelte |
| du | jodeltest |
| er/sie/es | jodelte |
| wir | jodelten |
| ihr | jodeltet |
| sie/Sie | jodelten |
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 | jodele |
| ihr | jodelt |