knuffen — German conjugation
to shove
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 | knuffe | I shove |
| du | knuffst | you shove |
| er/sie/es | knufft | he/she/it shoves |
| wir | knuffen | we shove |
| ihr | knufft | you (pl.) shove |
| sie/Sie | knuffen | they shove |
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 | knuffte | I shoved |
| du | knufftest | you shoved |
| er/sie/es | knuffte | he/she/it shoved |
| wir | knufften | we shoved |
| ihr | knufftet | you (pl.) shoved |
| sie/Sie | knufften | they shoved |
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 geknufft | I have shoved |
| du | hast geknufft | you have shoved |
| er/sie/es | hat geknufft | he/she/it has shoved |
| wir | haben geknufft | we have shoved |
| ihr | habt geknufft | you (pl.) have shoved |
| sie/Sie | haben geknufft | they have shoved |
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 geknufft | I had shoved |
| du | hattest geknufft | you had shoved |
| er/sie/es | hatte geknufft | he/she/it had shoved |
| wir | hatten geknufft | we had shoved |
| ihr | hattet geknufft | you (pl.) had shoved |
| sie/Sie | hatten geknufft | they had shoved |
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 knuffen | I will shove |
| du | wirst knuffen | you will shove |
| er/sie/es | wird knuffen | he/she/it will shove |
| wir | werden knuffen | we will shove |
| ihr | werdet knuffen | you (pl.) will shove |
| sie/Sie | werden knuffen | they will shove |
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 geknufft haben | I will have shoved |
| du | wirst geknufft haben | you will have shoved |
| er/sie/es | wird geknufft haben | he/she/it will have shoved |
| wir | werden geknufft haben | we will have shoved |
| ihr | werdet geknufft haben | you (pl.) will have shoved |
| sie/Sie | werden geknufft haben | they will have shoved |
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 | knuffte |
| du | knufftest |
| er/sie/es | knuffte |
| wir | knufften |
| ihr | knufftet |
| sie/Sie | knufften |
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 | knuffe |
| ihr | knufft |