löten — German conjugation

to solder

Frequency#1326Regular

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
ichlöteI solder
dulötestyou solder
er/sie/eslötethe/she/it solders
wirlötenwe solder
ihrlötetyou (pl.) solder
sie/Sielötenthey solder

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
ichlöteteI soldered
dulötetestyou soldered
er/sie/eslötetehe/she/it soldered
wirlötetenwe soldered
ihrlötetetyou (pl.) soldered
sie/Sielötetenthey soldered

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 gelötetI have soldered
duhast gelötetyou have soldered
er/sie/eshat gelötethe/she/it has soldered
wirhaben gelötetwe have soldered
ihrhabt gelötetyou (pl.) have soldered
sie/Siehaben gelötetthey have soldered

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 gelötetI had soldered
duhattest gelötetyou had soldered
er/sie/eshatte gelötethe/she/it had soldered
wirhatten gelötetwe had soldered
ihrhattet gelötetyou (pl.) had soldered
sie/Siehatten gelötetthey had soldered

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 lötenI will solder
duwirst lötenyou will solder
er/sie/eswird lötenhe/she/it will solder
wirwerden lötenwe will solder
ihrwerdet lötenyou (pl.) will solder
sie/Siewerden lötenthey will solder

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

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
ichlötete
dulötetest
er/sie/eslötete
wirlöteten
ihrlötetet
sie/Sielöteten

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
dulöte
ihrlötet