lechzen — German conjugation
to crave, to long for
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 | lechze | I crave |
| du | lechzt | you crave |
| er/sie/es | lechzt | he/she/it craves |
| wir | lechzen | we crave |
| ihr | lechzt | you (pl.) crave |
| sie/Sie | lechzen | they crave |
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 | lechzte | I craved |
| du | lechztest | you craved |
| er/sie/es | lechzte | he/she/it craved |
| wir | lechzten | we craved |
| ihr | lechztet | you (pl.) craved |
| sie/Sie | lechzten | they craved |
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 gelechzt | I have craved |
| du | hast gelechzt | you have craved |
| er/sie/es | hat gelechzt | he/she/it has craved |
| wir | haben gelechzt | we have craved |
| ihr | habt gelechzt | you (pl.) have craved |
| sie/Sie | haben gelechzt | they have craved |
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 gelechzt | I had craved |
| du | hattest gelechzt | you had craved |
| er/sie/es | hatte gelechzt | he/she/it had craved |
| wir | hatten gelechzt | we had craved |
| ihr | hattet gelechzt | you (pl.) had craved |
| sie/Sie | hatten gelechzt | they had craved |
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 lechzen | I will crave |
| du | wirst lechzen | you will crave |
| er/sie/es | wird lechzen | he/she/it will crave |
| wir | werden lechzen | we will crave |
| ihr | werdet lechzen | you (pl.) will crave |
| sie/Sie | werden lechzen | they will crave |
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 gelechzt haben | I will have craved |
| du | wirst gelechzt haben | you will have craved |
| er/sie/es | wird gelechzt haben | he/she/it will have craved |
| wir | werden gelechzt haben | we will have craved |
| ihr | werdet gelechzt haben | you (pl.) will have craved |
| sie/Sie | werden gelechzt haben | they will have craved |
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 | lechzte |
| du | lechztest |
| er/sie/es | lechzte |
| wir | lechzten |
| ihr | lechztet |
| sie/Sie | lechzten |
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 | lechze |
| ihr | lechzt |