lauschen — German conjugation
to listen (attentively)
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 | lausche | I listen |
| du | lauschst | you listen |
| er/sie/es | lauscht | he/she/it listens |
| wir | lauschen | we listen |
| ihr | lauscht | you (pl.) listen |
| sie/Sie | lauschen | they listen |
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 | lauschte | I listened |
| du | lauschtest | you listened |
| er/sie/es | lauschte | he/she/it listened |
| wir | lauschten | we listened |
| ihr | lauschtet | you (pl.) listened |
| sie/Sie | lauschten | they listened |
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 | habe gelauscht | I have listened |
| du | hast gelauscht | you have listened |
| er/sie/es | hat gelauscht | he/she/it has listened |
| wir | haben gelauscht | we have listened |
| ihr | habt gelauscht | you (pl.) have listened |
| sie/Sie | haben gelauscht | they have listened |
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 | hatte gelauscht | I had listened |
| du | hattest gelauscht | you had listened |
| er/sie/es | hatte gelauscht | he/she/it had listened |
| wir | hatten gelauscht | we had listened |
| ihr | hattet gelauscht | you (pl.) had listened |
| sie/Sie | hatten gelauscht | they had listened |
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 lauschen | I will listen |
| du | wirst lauschen | you will listen |
| er/sie/es | wird lauschen | he/she/it will listen |
| wir | werden lauschen | we will listen |
| ihr | werdet lauschen | you (pl.) will listen |
| sie/Sie | werden lauschen | they will listen |
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 gelauscht haben | I will have listened |
| du | wirst gelauscht haben | you will have listened |
| er/sie/es | wird gelauscht haben | he/she/it will have listened |
| wir | werden gelauscht haben | we will have listened |
| ihr | werdet gelauscht haben | you (pl.) will have listened |
| sie/Sie | werden gelauscht haben | they will have listened |
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 | lauschte |
| du | lauschtest |
| er/sie/es | lauschte |
| wir | lauschten |
| ihr | lauschtet |
| sie/Sie | lauschten |
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 | lausche |
| ihr | lauscht |