knuddeln — German conjugation
to cuddle
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 | knuddele | I cuddle |
| du | knuddelst | you cuddle |
| er/sie/es | knuddelt | he/she/it cuddles |
| wir | knuddeln | we cuddle |
| ihr | knuddelt | you (pl.) cuddle |
| sie/Sie | knuddeln | they cuddle |
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 | knuddelte | I cuddled |
| du | knuddeltest | you cuddled |
| er/sie/es | knuddelte | he/she/it cuddled |
| wir | knuddelten | we cuddled |
| ihr | knuddeltet | you (pl.) cuddled |
| sie/Sie | knuddelten | they cuddled |
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 geknuddelt | I have cuddled |
| du | hast geknuddelt | you have cuddled |
| er/sie/es | hat geknuddelt | he/she/it has cuddled |
| wir | haben geknuddelt | we have cuddled |
| ihr | habt geknuddelt | you (pl.) have cuddled |
| sie/Sie | haben geknuddelt | they have cuddled |
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 geknuddelt | I had cuddled |
| du | hattest geknuddelt | you had cuddled |
| er/sie/es | hatte geknuddelt | he/she/it had cuddled |
| wir | hatten geknuddelt | we had cuddled |
| ihr | hattet geknuddelt | you (pl.) had cuddled |
| sie/Sie | hatten geknuddelt | they had cuddled |
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 knuddeln | I will cuddle |
| du | wirst knuddeln | you will cuddle |
| er/sie/es | wird knuddeln | he/she/it will cuddle |
| wir | werden knuddeln | we will cuddle |
| ihr | werdet knuddeln | you (pl.) will cuddle |
| sie/Sie | werden knuddeln | they will cuddle |
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 geknuddelt haben | I will have cuddled |
| du | wirst geknuddelt haben | you will have cuddled |
| er/sie/es | wird geknuddelt haben | he/she/it will have cuddled |
| wir | werden geknuddelt haben | we will have cuddled |
| ihr | werdet geknuddelt haben | you (pl.) will have cuddled |
| sie/Sie | werden geknuddelt haben | they will have cuddled |
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 | knuddelte |
| du | knuddeltest |
| er/sie/es | knuddelte |
| wir | knuddelten |
| ihr | knuddeltet |
| sie/Sie | knuddelten |
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 | knuddele |
| ihr | knuddelt |