krökeln — German conjugation

to scribble

Frequency#2047Regular

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
ichkrökeleI scribble
dukrökelstyou scribble
er/sie/eskrökelthe/she/it scribbles
wirkrökelnwe scribble
ihrkrökeltyou (pl.) scribble
sie/Siekrökelnthey scribble

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
ichkrökelteI scribbled
dukrökeltestyou scribbled
er/sie/eskrökeltehe/she/it scribbled
wirkrökeltenwe scribbled
ihrkrökeltetyou (pl.) scribbled
sie/Siekrökeltenthey scribbled

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 gekrökeltI have scribbled
duhast gekrökeltyou have scribbled
er/sie/eshat gekrökelthe/she/it has scribbled
wirhaben gekrökeltwe have scribbled
ihrhabt gekrökeltyou (pl.) have scribbled
sie/Siehaben gekrökeltthey have scribbled

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 gekrökeltI had scribbled
duhattest gekrökeltyou had scribbled
er/sie/eshatte gekrökelthe/she/it had scribbled
wirhatten gekrökeltwe had scribbled
ihrhattet gekrökeltyou (pl.) had scribbled
sie/Siehatten gekrökeltthey had scribbled

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 krökelnI will scribble
duwirst krökelnyou will scribble
er/sie/eswird krökelnhe/she/it will scribble
wirwerden krökelnwe will scribble
ihrwerdet krökelnyou (pl.) will scribble
sie/Siewerden krökelnthey will scribble

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 gekrökelt habenI will have scribbled
duwirst gekrökelt habenyou will have scribbled
er/sie/eswird gekrökelt habenhe/she/it will have scribbled
wirwerden gekrökelt habenwe will have scribbled
ihrwerdet gekrökelt habenyou (pl.) will have scribbled
sie/Siewerden gekrökelt habenthey will have scribbled

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
ichkrökelte
dukrökeltest
er/sie/eskrökelte
wirkrökelten
ihrkrökeltet
sie/Siekrökelten

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
dukrökele
ihrkrökelt