mauern — German conjugation
to wall (up)
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 | mauere | I wall |
| du | mauerst | you wall |
| er/sie/es | mauert | he/she/it walls |
| wir | mauern | we wall |
| ihr | mauert | you (pl.) wall |
| sie/Sie | mauern | they wall |
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 | mauerte | I walled |
| du | mauertest | you walled |
| er/sie/es | mauerte | he/she/it walled |
| wir | mauerten | we walled |
| ihr | mauertet | you (pl.) walled |
| sie/Sie | mauerten | they walled |
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 gemauert | I have walled |
| du | hast gemauert | you have walled |
| er/sie/es | hat gemauert | he/she/it has walled |
| wir | haben gemauert | we have walled |
| ihr | habt gemauert | you (pl.) have walled |
| sie/Sie | haben gemauert | they have walled |
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 gemauert | I had walled |
| du | hattest gemauert | you had walled |
| er/sie/es | hatte gemauert | he/she/it had walled |
| wir | hatten gemauert | we had walled |
| ihr | hattet gemauert | you (pl.) had walled |
| sie/Sie | hatten gemauert | they had walled |
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 mauern | I will wall |
| du | wirst mauern | you will wall |
| er/sie/es | wird mauern | he/she/it will wall |
| wir | werden mauern | we will wall |
| ihr | werdet mauern | you (pl.) will wall |
| sie/Sie | werden mauern | they will wall |
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 gemauert haben | I will have walled |
| du | wirst gemauert haben | you will have walled |
| er/sie/es | wird gemauert haben | he/she/it will have walled |
| wir | werden gemauert haben | we will have walled |
| ihr | werdet gemauert haben | you (pl.) will have walled |
| sie/Sie | werden gemauert haben | they will have walled |
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 | mauerte |
| du | mauertest |
| er/sie/es | mauerte |
| wir | mauerten |
| ihr | mauertet |
| sie/Sie | mauerten |
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 | mauere |
| ihr | mauert |