laden — German conjugation
to load, to shop (in context of shopping)
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | lade | I load |
| du | lädst | you load |
| er/sie/es | lädt | he/she/it loads |
| wir | laden | we load |
| ihr | ladet | you (pl.) load |
| sie/Sie | laden | they load |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | lud | I loaded |
| du | ludest | you loaded |
| er/sie/es | lud | he/she/it loaded |
| wir | luden | we loaded |
| ihr | ludet | you (pl.) loaded |
| sie/Sie | luden | they loaded |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 geladen | I have loaded |
| du | hast geladen | you have loaded |
| er/sie/es | hat geladen | he/she/it has loaded |
| wir | haben geladen | we have loaded |
| ihr | habt geladen | you (pl.) have loaded |
| sie/Sie | haben geladen | they have loaded |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 geladen | I had loaded |
| du | hattest geladen | you had loaded |
| er/sie/es | hatte geladen | he/she/it had loaded |
| wir | hatten geladen | we had loaded |
| ihr | hattet geladen | you (pl.) had loaded |
| sie/Sie | hatten geladen | they had loaded |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 laden | I will load |
| du | wirst laden | you will load |
| er/sie/es | wird laden | he/she/it will load |
| wir | werden laden | we will load |
| ihr | werdet laden | you (pl.) will load |
| sie/Sie | werden laden | they will load |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 geladen haben | I will have loaded |
| du | wirst geladen haben | you will have loaded |
| er/sie/es | wird geladen haben | he/she/it will have loaded |
| wir | werden geladen haben | we will have loaded |
| ihr | werdet geladen haben | you (pl.) will have loaded |
| sie/Sie | werden geladen haben | they will have loaded |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | lüde |
| du | lüdest |
| er/sie/es | lüde |
| wir | lüden |
| ihr | lüdet |
| sie/Sie | lüden |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | lade |
| ihr | ladet |