miauen — German conjugation
to meow
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 | miaue | I meow |
| du | miaust | you meow |
| er/sie/es | miaut | he/she/it meows |
| wir | miauen | we meow |
| ihr | miaut | you (pl.) meow |
| sie/Sie | miauen | they meow |
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 | miaute | I meowed |
| du | miautest | you meowed |
| er/sie/es | miaute | he/she/it meowed |
| wir | miauten | we meowed |
| ihr | miautet | you (pl.) meowed |
| sie/Sie | miauten | they meowed |
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 miaut | I have meowed |
| du | hast miaut | you have meowed |
| er/sie/es | hat miaut | he/she/it has meowed |
| wir | haben miaut | we have meowed |
| ihr | habt miaut | you (pl.) have meowed |
| sie/Sie | haben miaut | they have meowed |
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 miaut | I had meowed |
| du | hattest miaut | you had meowed |
| er/sie/es | hatte miaut | he/she/it had meowed |
| wir | hatten miaut | we had meowed |
| ihr | hattet miaut | you (pl.) had meowed |
| sie/Sie | hatten miaut | they had meowed |
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 miauen | I will meow |
| du | wirst miauen | you will meow |
| er/sie/es | wird miauen | he/she/it will meow |
| wir | werden miauen | we will meow |
| ihr | werdet miauen | you (pl.) will meow |
| sie/Sie | werden miauen | they will meow |
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 miaut haben | I will have meowed |
| du | wirst miaut haben | you will have meowed |
| er/sie/es | wird miaut haben | he/she/it will have meowed |
| wir | werden miaut haben | we will have meowed |
| ihr | werdet miaut haben | you (pl.) will have meowed |
| sie/Sie | werden miaut haben | they will have meowed |
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 | miaute |
| du | miautest |
| er/sie/es | miaute |
| wir | miauten |
| ihr | miautet |
| sie/Sie | miauten |
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 | miaue |
| ihr | miaut |