lukrieren — German conjugation
to create
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 | lukriere | I create |
| du | lukrierst | you create |
| er/sie/es | lukriert | he/she/it creates |
| wir | lukrieren | we create |
| ihr | lukriert | you (pl.) create |
| sie/Sie | lukrieren | they create |
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 | lukrierte | I created |
| du | lukriertest | you created |
| er/sie/es | lukrierte | he/she/it created |
| wir | lukrierten | we created |
| ihr | lukriertet | you (pl.) created |
| sie/Sie | lukrierten | they created |
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 lukriert | I have created |
| du | hast lukriert | you have created |
| er/sie/es | hat lukriert | he/she/it has created |
| wir | haben lukriert | we have created |
| ihr | habt lukriert | you (pl.) have created |
| sie/Sie | haben lukriert | they have created |
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 lukriert | I had created |
| du | hattest lukriert | you had created |
| er/sie/es | hatte lukriert | he/she/it had created |
| wir | hatten lukriert | we had created |
| ihr | hattet lukriert | you (pl.) had created |
| sie/Sie | hatten lukriert | they had created |
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 lukrieren | I will create |
| du | wirst lukrieren | you will create |
| er/sie/es | wird lukrieren | he/she/it will create |
| wir | werden lukrieren | we will create |
| ihr | werdet lukrieren | you (pl.) will create |
| sie/Sie | werden lukrieren | they will create |
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 lukriert haben | I will have created |
| du | wirst lukriert haben | you will have created |
| er/sie/es | wird lukriert haben | he/she/it will have created |
| wir | werden lukriert haben | we will have created |
| ihr | werdet lukriert haben | you (pl.) will have created |
| sie/Sie | werden lukriert haben | they will have created |
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 | lukrierte |
| du | lukriertest |
| er/sie/es | lukrierte |
| wir | lukrierten |
| ihr | lukriertet |
| sie/Sie | lukrierten |
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 | lukriere |
| ihr | lukriert |