kurven — German conjugation
to curve
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 | kurve | I curve |
| du | kurvst | you curve |
| er/sie/es | kurvt | he/she/it curves |
| wir | kurven | we curve |
| ihr | kurvt | you (pl.) curve |
| sie/Sie | kurven | they curve |
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 | kurvte | I curved |
| du | kurvtest | you curved |
| er/sie/es | kurvte | he/she/it curved |
| wir | kurvten | we curved |
| ihr | kurvtet | you (pl.) curved |
| sie/Sie | kurvten | they curved |
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 | bin gekurvt | I have curved |
| du | bist gekurvt | you have curved |
| er/sie/es | ist gekurvt | he/she/it has curved |
| wir | sind gekurvt | we have curved |
| ihr | seid gekurvt | you (pl.) have curved |
| sie/Sie | sind gekurvt | they have curved |
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 | war gekurvt | I had curved |
| du | warst gekurvt | you had curved |
| er/sie/es | war gekurvt | he/she/it had curved |
| wir | waren gekurvt | we had curved |
| ihr | wart gekurvt | you (pl.) had curved |
| sie/Sie | waren gekurvt | they had curved |
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 kurven | I will curve |
| du | wirst kurven | you will curve |
| er/sie/es | wird kurven | he/she/it will curve |
| wir | werden kurven | we will curve |
| ihr | werdet kurven | you (pl.) will curve |
| sie/Sie | werden kurven | they will curve |
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 gekurvt sein | I will have curved |
| du | wirst gekurvt sein | you will have curved |
| er/sie/es | wird gekurvt sein | he/she/it will have curved |
| wir | werden gekurvt sein | we will have curved |
| ihr | werdet gekurvt sein | you (pl.) will have curved |
| sie/Sie | werden gekurvt sein | they will have curved |
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 | kurvte |
| du | kurvtest |
| er/sie/es | kurvte |
| wir | kurvten |
| ihr | kurvtet |
| sie/Sie | kurvten |
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 | kurve |
| ihr | kurvt |