marodieren — German conjugation
to maraud
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 | marodiere | I maraud |
| du | marodierst | you maraud |
| er/sie/es | marodiert | he/she/it marauds |
| wir | marodieren | we maraud |
| ihr | marodiert | you (pl.) maraud |
| sie/Sie | marodieren | they maraud |
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 | marodierte | I marauded |
| du | marodiertest | you marauded |
| er/sie/es | marodierte | he/she/it marauded |
| wir | marodierten | we marauded |
| ihr | marodiertet | you (pl.) marauded |
| sie/Sie | marodierten | they marauded |
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 marodiert | I have marauded |
| du | hast marodiert | you have marauded |
| er/sie/es | hat marodiert | he/she/it has marauded |
| wir | haben marodiert | we have marauded |
| ihr | habt marodiert | you (pl.) have marauded |
| sie/Sie | haben marodiert | they have marauded |
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 marodiert | I had marauded |
| du | hattest marodiert | you had marauded |
| er/sie/es | hatte marodiert | he/she/it had marauded |
| wir | hatten marodiert | we had marauded |
| ihr | hattet marodiert | you (pl.) had marauded |
| sie/Sie | hatten marodiert | they had marauded |
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 marodieren | I will maraud |
| du | wirst marodieren | you will maraud |
| er/sie/es | wird marodieren | he/she/it will maraud |
| wir | werden marodieren | we will maraud |
| ihr | werdet marodieren | you (pl.) will maraud |
| sie/Sie | werden marodieren | they will maraud |
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 marodiert haben | I will have marauded |
| du | wirst marodiert haben | you will have marauded |
| er/sie/es | wird marodiert haben | he/she/it will have marauded |
| wir | werden marodiert haben | we will have marauded |
| ihr | werdet marodiert haben | you (pl.) will have marauded |
| sie/Sie | werden marodiert haben | they will have marauded |
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 | marodierte |
| du | marodiertest |
| er/sie/es | marodierte |
| wir | marodierten |
| ihr | marodiertet |
| sie/Sie | marodierten |
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 | marodiere |
| ihr | marodiert |