kuscheln — German conjugation

to cuddle

Frequency#1143Regular

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
ichkuscheleI cuddle
dukuschelstyou cuddle
er/sie/eskuschelthe/she/it cuddles
wirkuschelnwe cuddle
ihrkuscheltyou (pl.) cuddle
sie/Siekuschelnthey cuddle

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
ichkuschelteI cuddled
dukuscheltestyou cuddled
er/sie/eskuscheltehe/she/it cuddled
wirkuscheltenwe cuddled
ihrkuscheltetyou (pl.) cuddled
sie/Siekuscheltenthey cuddled

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 gekuscheltI have cuddled
duhast gekuscheltyou have cuddled
er/sie/eshat gekuschelthe/she/it has cuddled
wirhaben gekuscheltwe have cuddled
ihrhabt gekuscheltyou (pl.) have cuddled
sie/Siehaben gekuscheltthey have cuddled

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 gekuscheltI had cuddled
duhattest gekuscheltyou had cuddled
er/sie/eshatte gekuschelthe/she/it had cuddled
wirhatten gekuscheltwe had cuddled
ihrhattet gekuscheltyou (pl.) had cuddled
sie/Siehatten gekuscheltthey had cuddled

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 kuschelnI will cuddle
duwirst kuschelnyou will cuddle
er/sie/eswird kuschelnhe/she/it will cuddle
wirwerden kuschelnwe will cuddle
ihrwerdet kuschelnyou (pl.) will cuddle
sie/Siewerden kuschelnthey will cuddle

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

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
ichkuschelte
dukuscheltest
er/sie/eskuschelte
wirkuschelten
ihrkuscheltet
sie/Siekuschelten

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
dukuschele
ihrkuschelt