kopulieren — German conjugation
to copulate; to graft (horticulture)
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 | kopuliere | I copulate |
| du | kopulierst | you copulate |
| er/sie/es | kopuliert | he/she/it copulates |
| wir | kopulieren | we copulate |
| ihr | kopuliert | you (pl.) copulate |
| sie/Sie | kopulieren | they copulate |
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 | kopulierte | I copulated |
| du | kopuliertest | you copulated |
| er/sie/es | kopulierte | he/she/it copulated |
| wir | kopulierten | we copulated |
| ihr | kopuliertet | you (pl.) copulated |
| sie/Sie | kopulierten | they copulated |
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 kopuliert | I have copulated |
| du | hast kopuliert | you have copulated |
| er/sie/es | hat kopuliert | he/she/it has copulated |
| wir | haben kopuliert | we have copulated |
| ihr | habt kopuliert | you (pl.) have copulated |
| sie/Sie | haben kopuliert | they have copulated |
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 kopuliert | I had copulated |
| du | hattest kopuliert | you had copulated |
| er/sie/es | hatte kopuliert | he/she/it had copulated |
| wir | hatten kopuliert | we had copulated |
| ihr | hattet kopuliert | you (pl.) had copulated |
| sie/Sie | hatten kopuliert | they had copulated |
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 kopulieren | I will copulate |
| du | wirst kopulieren | you will copulate |
| er/sie/es | wird kopulieren | he/she/it will copulate |
| wir | werden kopulieren | we will copulate |
| ihr | werdet kopulieren | you (pl.) will copulate |
| sie/Sie | werden kopulieren | they will copulate |
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 kopuliert haben | I will have copulated |
| du | wirst kopuliert haben | you will have copulated |
| er/sie/es | wird kopuliert haben | he/she/it will have copulated |
| wir | werden kopuliert haben | we will have copulated |
| ihr | werdet kopuliert haben | you (pl.) will have copulated |
| sie/Sie | werden kopuliert haben | they will have copulated |
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 | kopulierte |
| du | kopuliertest |
| er/sie/es | kopulierte |
| wir | kopulierten |
| ihr | kopuliertet |
| sie/Sie | kopulierten |
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 | kopuliere |
| ihr | kopuliert |