klicken — German conjugation
to click (with a mouse)
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 | klicke | I click |
| du | klickst | you click |
| er/sie/es | klickt | he/she/it clicks |
| wir | klicken | we click |
| ihr | klickt | you (pl.) click |
| sie/Sie | klicken | they click |
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 | klickte | I clicked |
| du | klicktest | you clicked |
| er/sie/es | klickte | he/she/it clicked |
| wir | klickten | we clicked |
| ihr | klicktet | you (pl.) clicked |
| sie/Sie | klickten | they clicked |
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 geklickt | I have clicked |
| du | hast geklickt | you have clicked |
| er/sie/es | hat geklickt | he/she/it has clicked |
| wir | haben geklickt | we have clicked |
| ihr | habt geklickt | you (pl.) have clicked |
| sie/Sie | haben geklickt | they have clicked |
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 geklickt | I had clicked |
| du | hattest geklickt | you had clicked |
| er/sie/es | hatte geklickt | he/she/it had clicked |
| wir | hatten geklickt | we had clicked |
| ihr | hattet geklickt | you (pl.) had clicked |
| sie/Sie | hatten geklickt | they had clicked |
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 klicken | I will click |
| du | wirst klicken | you will click |
| er/sie/es | wird klicken | he/she/it will click |
| wir | werden klicken | we will click |
| ihr | werdet klicken | you (pl.) will click |
| sie/Sie | werden klicken | they will click |
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 geklickt haben | I will have clicked |
| du | wirst geklickt haben | you will have clicked |
| er/sie/es | wird geklickt haben | he/she/it will have clicked |
| wir | werden geklickt haben | we will have clicked |
| ihr | werdet geklickt haben | you (pl.) will have clicked |
| sie/Sie | werden geklickt haben | they will have clicked |
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 | klickte |
| du | klicktest |
| er/sie/es | klickte |
| wir | klickten |
| ihr | klicktet |
| sie/Sie | klickten |
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 | klicke |
| ihr | klickt |