lupfen — German conjugation
to lift; to raise
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 | lupfe | I lift |
| du | lupfst | you lift |
| er/sie/es | lupft | he/she/it lifts |
| wir | lupfen | we lift |
| ihr | lupft | you (pl.) lift |
| sie/Sie | lupfen | they lift |
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 | lupfte | I lifted |
| du | lupftest | you lifted |
| er/sie/es | lupfte | he/she/it lifted |
| wir | lupften | we lifted |
| ihr | lupftet | you (pl.) lifted |
| sie/Sie | lupften | they lifted |
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 gelupft | I have lifted |
| du | hast gelupft | you have lifted |
| er/sie/es | hat gelupft | he/she/it has lifted |
| wir | haben gelupft | we have lifted |
| ihr | habt gelupft | you (pl.) have lifted |
| sie/Sie | haben gelupft | they have lifted |
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 gelupft | I had lifted |
| du | hattest gelupft | you had lifted |
| er/sie/es | hatte gelupft | he/she/it had lifted |
| wir | hatten gelupft | we had lifted |
| ihr | hattet gelupft | you (pl.) had lifted |
| sie/Sie | hatten gelupft | they had lifted |
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 lupfen | I will lift |
| du | wirst lupfen | you will lift |
| er/sie/es | wird lupfen | he/she/it will lift |
| wir | werden lupfen | we will lift |
| ihr | werdet lupfen | you (pl.) will lift |
| sie/Sie | werden lupfen | they will lift |
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 gelupft haben | I will have lifted |
| du | wirst gelupft haben | you will have lifted |
| er/sie/es | wird gelupft haben | he/she/it will have lifted |
| wir | werden gelupft haben | we will have lifted |
| ihr | werdet gelupft haben | you (pl.) will have lifted |
| sie/Sie | werden gelupft haben | they will have lifted |
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 | lupfte |
| du | lupftest |
| er/sie/es | lupfte |
| wir | lupften |
| ihr | lupftet |
| sie/Sie | lupften |
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 | lupfe |
| ihr | lupft |