kacken — German conjugation
to shit (vulgar)
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 | kacke | I shit |
| du | kackst | you shit |
| er/sie/es | kackt | he/she/it shits |
| wir | kacken | we shit |
| ihr | kackt | you (pl.) shit |
| sie/Sie | kacken | they shit |
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 | kackte | I shat |
| du | kacktest | you shat |
| er/sie/es | kackte | he/she/it shat |
| wir | kackten | we shat |
| ihr | kacktet | you (pl.) shat |
| sie/Sie | kackten | they shat |
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 gekackt | I have shat |
| du | hast gekackt | you have shat |
| er/sie/es | hat gekackt | he/she/it has shat |
| wir | haben gekackt | we have shat |
| ihr | habt gekackt | you (pl.) have shat |
| sie/Sie | haben gekackt | they have shat |
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 gekackt | I had shat |
| du | hattest gekackt | you had shat |
| er/sie/es | hatte gekackt | he/she/it had shat |
| wir | hatten gekackt | we had shat |
| ihr | hattet gekackt | you (pl.) had shat |
| sie/Sie | hatten gekackt | they had shat |
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 kacken | I will shit |
| du | wirst kacken | you will shit |
| er/sie/es | wird kacken | he/she/it will shit |
| wir | werden kacken | we will shit |
| ihr | werdet kacken | you (pl.) will shit |
| sie/Sie | werden kacken | they will shit |
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 gekackt haben | I will have shat |
| du | wirst gekackt haben | you will have shat |
| er/sie/es | wird gekackt haben | he/she/it will have shat |
| wir | werden gekackt haben | we will have shat |
| ihr | werdet gekackt haben | you (pl.) will have shat |
| sie/Sie | werden gekackt haben | they will have shat |
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 | kackte |
| du | kacktest |
| er/sie/es | kackte |
| wir | kackten |
| ihr | kacktet |
| sie/Sie | kackten |
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 | kacke |
| ihr | kackt |