mimen — German conjugation
to mimic
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 | mime | I mimic |
| du | mimst | you mimic |
| er/sie/es | mimt | he/she/it mimics |
| wir | mimen | we mimic |
| ihr | mimt | you (pl.) mimic |
| sie/Sie | mimen | they mimic |
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 | mimte | I mimicked |
| du | mimtest | you mimicked |
| er/sie/es | mimte | he/she/it mimicked |
| wir | mimten | we mimicked |
| ihr | mimtet | you (pl.) mimicked |
| sie/Sie | mimten | they mimicked |
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 gemimt | I have mimicked |
| du | hast gemimt | you have mimicked |
| er/sie/es | hat gemimt | he/she/it has mimicked |
| wir | haben gemimt | we have mimicked |
| ihr | habt gemimt | you (pl.) have mimicked |
| sie/Sie | haben gemimt | they have mimicked |
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 gemimt | I had mimicked |
| du | hattest gemimt | you had mimicked |
| er/sie/es | hatte gemimt | he/she/it had mimicked |
| wir | hatten gemimt | we had mimicked |
| ihr | hattet gemimt | you (pl.) had mimicked |
| sie/Sie | hatten gemimt | they had mimicked |
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 mimen | I will mimic |
| du | wirst mimen | you will mimic |
| er/sie/es | wird mimen | he/she/it will mimic |
| wir | werden mimen | we will mimic |
| ihr | werdet mimen | you (pl.) will mimic |
| sie/Sie | werden mimen | they will mimic |
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 gemimt haben | I will have mimicked |
| du | wirst gemimt haben | you will have mimicked |
| er/sie/es | wird gemimt haben | he/she/it will have mimicked |
| wir | werden gemimt haben | we will have mimicked |
| ihr | werdet gemimt haben | you (pl.) will have mimicked |
| sie/Sie | werden gemimt haben | they will have mimicked |
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 | mimte |
| du | mimtest |
| er/sie/es | mimte |
| wir | mimten |
| ihr | mimtet |
| sie/Sie | mimten |
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 | mime |
| ihr | mimt |