krakeelen — German conjugation

to shout

Frequency#1797Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichkrakeeleI shout
dukrakeelstyou shout
er/sie/eskrakeelthe/she/it shouts
wirkrakeelenwe shout
ihrkrakeeltyou (pl.) shout
sie/Siekrakeelenthey shout

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichkrakeelteI shouted
dukrakeeltestyou shouted
er/sie/eskrakeeltehe/she/it shouted
wirkrakeeltenwe shouted
ihrkrakeeltetyou (pl.) shouted
sie/Siekrakeeltenthey shouted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe krakeeltI have shouted
duhast krakeeltyou have shouted
er/sie/eshat krakeelthe/she/it has shouted
wirhaben krakeeltwe have shouted
ihrhabt krakeeltyou (pl.) have shouted
sie/Siehaben krakeeltthey have shouted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte krakeeltI had shouted
duhattest krakeeltyou had shouted
er/sie/eshatte krakeelthe/she/it had shouted
wirhatten krakeeltwe had shouted
ihrhattet krakeeltyou (pl.) had shouted
sie/Siehatten krakeeltthey had shouted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde krakeelenI will shout
duwirst krakeelenyou will shout
er/sie/eswird krakeelenhe/she/it will shout
wirwerden krakeelenwe will shout
ihrwerdet krakeelenyou (pl.) will shout
sie/Siewerden krakeelenthey will shout

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde krakeelt habenI will have shouted
duwirst krakeelt habenyou will have shouted
er/sie/eswird krakeelt habenhe/she/it will have shouted
wirwerden krakeelt habenwe will have shouted
ihrwerdet krakeelt habenyou (pl.) will have shouted
sie/Siewerden krakeelt habenthey will have shouted

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?

PronounGerman
ichkrakeelte
dukrakeeltest
er/sie/eskrakeelte
wirkrakeelten
ihrkrakeeltet
sie/Siekrakeelten

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.

PronounGerman
dukrakeele
ihrkrakeelt