läutern — German conjugation
to purify
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 | läutere | I purify |
| du | läuterst | you purify |
| er/sie/es | läutert | he/she/it purifies |
| wir | läutern | we purify |
| ihr | läutert | you (pl.) purify |
| sie/Sie | läutern | they purify |
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 | läuterte | I purified |
| du | läutertest | you purified |
| er/sie/es | läuterte | he/she/it purified |
| wir | läuterten | we purified |
| ihr | läutertet | you (pl.) purified |
| sie/Sie | läuterten | they purified |
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 geläutert | I have purified |
| du | hast geläutert | you have purified |
| er/sie/es | hat geläutert | he/she/it has purified |
| wir | haben geläutert | we have purified |
| ihr | habt geläutert | you (pl.) have purified |
| sie/Sie | haben geläutert | they have purified |
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 geläutert | I had purified |
| du | hattest geläutert | you had purified |
| er/sie/es | hatte geläutert | he/she/it had purified |
| wir | hatten geläutert | we had purified |
| ihr | hattet geläutert | you (pl.) had purified |
| sie/Sie | hatten geläutert | they had purified |
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 läutern | I will purify |
| du | wirst läutern | you will purify |
| er/sie/es | wird läutern | he/she/it will purify |
| wir | werden läutern | we will purify |
| ihr | werdet läutern | you (pl.) will purify |
| sie/Sie | werden läutern | they will purify |
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 geläutert haben | I will have purified |
| du | wirst geläutert haben | you will have purified |
| er/sie/es | wird geläutert haben | he/she/it will have purified |
| wir | werden geläutert haben | we will have purified |
| ihr | werdet geläutert haben | you (pl.) will have purified |
| sie/Sie | werden geläutert haben | they will have purified |
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 | läuterte |
| du | läutertest |
| er/sie/es | läuterte |
| wir | läuterten |
| ihr | läutertet |
| sie/Sie | läuterten |
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 | läutere |
| ihr | läutert |