krümeln — German conjugation

to crumble

Frequency#2416Regular

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
ichkrümeleI crumble
dukrümelstyou crumble
er/sie/eskrümelthe/she/it crumbles
wirkrümelnwe crumble
ihrkrümeltyou (pl.) crumble
sie/Siekrümelnthey crumble

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
ichkrümelteI crumbled
dukrümeltestyou crumbled
er/sie/eskrümeltehe/she/it crumbled
wirkrümeltenwe crumbled
ihrkrümeltetyou (pl.) crumbled
sie/Siekrümeltenthey crumbled

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 gekrümeltI have crumbled
duhast gekrümeltyou have crumbled
er/sie/eshat gekrümelthe/she/it has crumbled
wirhaben gekrümeltwe have crumbled
ihrhabt gekrümeltyou (pl.) have crumbled
sie/Siehaben gekrümeltthey have crumbled

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 gekrümeltI had crumbled
duhattest gekrümeltyou had crumbled
er/sie/eshatte gekrümelthe/she/it had crumbled
wirhatten gekrümeltwe had crumbled
ihrhattet gekrümeltyou (pl.) had crumbled
sie/Siehatten gekrümeltthey had crumbled

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 krümelnI will crumble
duwirst krümelnyou will crumble
er/sie/eswird krümelnhe/she/it will crumble
wirwerden krümelnwe will crumble
ihrwerdet krümelnyou (pl.) will crumble
sie/Siewerden krümelnthey will crumble

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

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
ichkrümelte
dukrümeltest
er/sie/eskrümelte
wirkrümelten
ihrkrümeltet
sie/Siekrümelten

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
dukrümele
ihrkrümelt