kränkeln — German conjugation
to be ill
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 | kränkele | I am ill |
| du | kränkelst | you are ill |
| er/sie/es | kränkelt | he/she/it is ill |
| wir | kränkeln | we are ill |
| ihr | kränkelt | you (pl.) are ill |
| sie/Sie | kränkeln | they are ill |
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 | kränkelte | I was ill |
| du | kränkeltest | you were ill |
| er/sie/es | kränkelte | he/she/it was ill |
| wir | kränkelten | we were ill |
| ihr | kränkeltet | you (pl.) were ill |
| sie/Sie | kränkelten | they were ill |
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 gekränkelt | I have been ill |
| du | hast gekränkelt | you have been ill |
| er/sie/es | hat gekränkelt | he/she/it has been ill |
| wir | haben gekränkelt | we have been ill |
| ihr | habt gekränkelt | you (pl.) have been ill |
| sie/Sie | haben gekränkelt | they have been ill |
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 gekränkelt | I had been ill |
| du | hattest gekränkelt | you had been ill |
| er/sie/es | hatte gekränkelt | he/she/it had been ill |
| wir | hatten gekränkelt | we had been ill |
| ihr | hattet gekränkelt | you (pl.) had been ill |
| sie/Sie | hatten gekränkelt | they had been ill |
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 kränkeln | I will be ill |
| du | wirst kränkeln | you will be ill |
| er/sie/es | wird kränkeln | he/she/it will be ill |
| wir | werden kränkeln | we will be ill |
| ihr | werdet kränkeln | you (pl.) will be ill |
| sie/Sie | werden kränkeln | they will be ill |
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 gekränkelt haben | I will have been ill |
| du | wirst gekränkelt haben | you will have been ill |
| er/sie/es | wird gekränkelt haben | he/she/it will have been ill |
| wir | werden gekränkelt haben | we will have been ill |
| ihr | werdet gekränkelt haben | you (pl.) will have been ill |
| sie/Sie | werden gekränkelt haben | they will have been ill |
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 | kränkelte |
| du | kränkeltest |
| er/sie/es | kränkelte |
| wir | kränkelten |
| ihr | kränkeltet |
| sie/Sie | kränkelten |
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 | kränkele |
| ihr | kränkelt |