keuchen — German conjugation
to pant
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 | keuche | I pant |
| du | keuchst | you pant |
| er/sie/es | keucht | he/she/it pants |
| wir | keuchen | we pant |
| ihr | keucht | you (pl.) pant |
| sie/Sie | keuchen | they pant |
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 | keuchte | I panted |
| du | keuchtest | you panted |
| er/sie/es | keuchte | he/she/it panted |
| wir | keuchten | we panted |
| ihr | keuchtet | you (pl.) panted |
| sie/Sie | keuchten | they panted |
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 gekeucht | I have panted |
| du | hast gekeucht | you have panted |
| er/sie/es | hat gekeucht | he/she/it has panted |
| wir | haben gekeucht | we have panted |
| ihr | habt gekeucht | you (pl.) have panted |
| sie/Sie | haben gekeucht | they have panted |
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 gekeucht | I had panted |
| du | hattest gekeucht | you had panted |
| er/sie/es | hatte gekeucht | he/she/it had panted |
| wir | hatten gekeucht | we had panted |
| ihr | hattet gekeucht | you (pl.) had panted |
| sie/Sie | hatten gekeucht | they had panted |
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 keuchen | I will pant |
| du | wirst keuchen | you will pant |
| er/sie/es | wird keuchen | he/she/it will pant |
| wir | werden keuchen | we will pant |
| ihr | werdet keuchen | you (pl.) will pant |
| sie/Sie | werden keuchen | they will pant |
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 gekeucht haben | I will have panted |
| du | wirst gekeucht haben | you will have panted |
| er/sie/es | wird gekeucht haben | he/she/it will have panted |
| wir | werden gekeucht haben | we will have panted |
| ihr | werdet gekeucht haben | you (pl.) will have panted |
| sie/Sie | werden gekeucht haben | they will have panted |
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 | keuchte |
| du | keuchtest |
| er/sie/es | keuchte |
| wir | keuchten |
| ihr | keuchtet |
| sie/Sie | keuchten |
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 | keuche |
| ihr | keucht |