keppeln — German conjugation
to fight
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 | keppele | I fight |
| du | keppelst | you fight |
| er/sie/es | keppelt | he/she/it fights |
| wir | keppeln | we fight |
| ihr | keppelt | you (pl.) fight |
| sie/Sie | keppeln | they fight |
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 | keppelte | I fought |
| du | keppeltest | you fought |
| er/sie/es | keppelte | he/she/it fought |
| wir | keppelten | we fought |
| ihr | keppeltet | you (pl.) fought |
| sie/Sie | keppelten | they fought |
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 gekeppelt | I have fought |
| du | hast gekeppelt | you have fought |
| er/sie/es | hat gekeppelt | he/she/it has fought |
| wir | haben gekeppelt | we have fought |
| ihr | habt gekeppelt | you (pl.) have fought |
| sie/Sie | haben gekeppelt | they have fought |
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 gekeppelt | I had fought |
| du | hattest gekeppelt | you had fought |
| er/sie/es | hatte gekeppelt | he/she/it had fought |
| wir | hatten gekeppelt | we had fought |
| ihr | hattet gekeppelt | you (pl.) had fought |
| sie/Sie | hatten gekeppelt | they had fought |
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 keppeln | I will fight |
| du | wirst keppeln | you will fight |
| er/sie/es | wird keppeln | he/she/it will fight |
| wir | werden keppeln | we will fight |
| ihr | werdet keppeln | you (pl.) will fight |
| sie/Sie | werden keppeln | they will fight |
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 gekeppelt haben | I will have fought |
| du | wirst gekeppelt haben | you will have fought |
| er/sie/es | wird gekeppelt haben | he/she/it will have fought |
| wir | werden gekeppelt haben | we will have fought |
| ihr | werdet gekeppelt haben | you (pl.) will have fought |
| sie/Sie | werden gekeppelt haben | they will have fought |
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 | keppelte |
| du | keppeltest |
| er/sie/es | keppelte |
| wir | keppelten |
| ihr | keppeltet |
| sie/Sie | keppelten |
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 | keppele |
| ihr | keppelt |