knallen — German conjugation
to bang, to pop
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 | knalle | I bang |
| du | knallst | you bang |
| er/sie/es | knallt | he/she/it bangs |
| wir | knallen | we bang |
| ihr | knallt | you (pl.) bang |
| sie/Sie | knallen | they bang |
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 | knallte | I banged |
| du | knalltest | you banged |
| er/sie/es | knallte | he/she/it banged |
| wir | knallten | we banged |
| ihr | knalltet | you (pl.) banged |
| sie/Sie | knallten | they banged |
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 geknallt | I have banged |
| du | hast geknallt | you have banged |
| er/sie/es | hat geknallt | he/she/it has banged |
| wir | haben geknallt | we have banged |
| ihr | habt geknallt | you (pl.) have banged |
| sie/Sie | haben geknallt | they have banged |
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 geknallt | I had banged |
| du | hattest geknallt | you had banged |
| er/sie/es | hatte geknallt | he/she/it had banged |
| wir | hatten geknallt | we had banged |
| ihr | hattet geknallt | you (pl.) had banged |
| sie/Sie | hatten geknallt | they had banged |
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 knallen | I will bang |
| du | wirst knallen | you will bang |
| er/sie/es | wird knallen | he/she/it will bang |
| wir | werden knallen | we will bang |
| ihr | werdet knallen | you (pl.) will bang |
| sie/Sie | werden knallen | they will bang |
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 geknallt haben | I will have banged |
| du | wirst geknallt haben | you will have banged |
| er/sie/es | wird geknallt haben | he/she/it will have banged |
| wir | werden geknallt haben | we will have banged |
| ihr | werdet geknallt haben | you (pl.) will have banged |
| sie/Sie | werden geknallt haben | they will have banged |
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 | knallte |
| du | knalltest |
| er/sie/es | knallte |
| wir | knallten |
| ihr | knalltet |
| sie/Sie | knallten |
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 | knalle |
| ihr | knallt |