karikieren — German conjugation
to caricature
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 | karikiere | I caricature |
| du | karikierst | you caricature |
| er/sie/es | karikiert | he/she/it caricatures |
| wir | karikieren | we caricature |
| ihr | karikiert | you (pl.) caricature |
| sie/Sie | karikieren | they caricature |
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 | karikierte | I caricatured |
| du | karikiertest | you caricatured |
| er/sie/es | karikierte | he/she/it caricatured |
| wir | karikierten | we caricatured |
| ihr | karikiertet | you (pl.) caricatured |
| sie/Sie | karikierten | they caricatured |
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 karikiert | I have caricatured |
| du | hast karikiert | you have caricatured |
| er/sie/es | hat karikiert | he/she/it has caricatured |
| wir | haben karikiert | we have caricatured |
| ihr | habt karikiert | you (pl.) have caricatured |
| sie/Sie | haben karikiert | they have caricatured |
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 karikiert | I had caricatured |
| du | hattest karikiert | you had caricatured |
| er/sie/es | hatte karikiert | he/she/it had caricatured |
| wir | hatten karikiert | we had caricatured |
| ihr | hattet karikiert | you (pl.) had caricatured |
| sie/Sie | hatten karikiert | they had caricatured |
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 karikieren | I will caricature |
| du | wirst karikieren | you will caricature |
| er/sie/es | wird karikieren | he/she/it will caricature |
| wir | werden karikieren | we will caricature |
| ihr | werdet karikieren | you (pl.) will caricature |
| sie/Sie | werden karikieren | they will caricature |
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 karikiert haben | I will have caricatured |
| du | wirst karikiert haben | you will have caricatured |
| er/sie/es | wird karikiert haben | he/she/it will have caricatured |
| wir | werden karikiert haben | we will have caricatured |
| ihr | werdet karikiert haben | you (pl.) will have caricatured |
| sie/Sie | werden karikiert haben | they will have caricatured |
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 | karikierte |
| du | karikiertest |
| er/sie/es | karikierte |
| wir | karikierten |
| ihr | karikiertet |
| sie/Sie | karikierten |
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 | karikiere |
| ihr | karikiert |