mümmeln — German conjugation

to nibble

Frequency#2080Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichmümmeleI nibble
dumümmelstyou nibble
er/sie/esmümmelthe/she/it nibbles
wirmümmelnwe nibble
ihrmümmeltyou (pl.) nibble
sie/Siemümmelnthey nibble

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichmümmelteI nibbled
dumümmeltestyou nibbled
er/sie/esmümmeltehe/she/it nibbled
wirmümmeltenwe nibbled
ihrmümmeltetyou (pl.) nibbled
sie/Siemümmeltenthey nibbled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gemümmeltI have nibbled
duhast gemümmeltyou have nibbled
er/sie/eshat gemümmelthe/she/it has nibbled
wirhaben gemümmeltwe have nibbled
ihrhabt gemümmeltyou (pl.) have nibbled
sie/Siehaben gemümmeltthey have nibbled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gemümmeltI had nibbled
duhattest gemümmeltyou had nibbled
er/sie/eshatte gemümmelthe/she/it had nibbled
wirhatten gemümmeltwe had nibbled
ihrhattet gemümmeltyou (pl.) had nibbled
sie/Siehatten gemümmeltthey had nibbled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde mümmelnI will nibble
duwirst mümmelnyou will nibble
er/sie/eswird mümmelnhe/she/it will nibble
wirwerden mümmelnwe will nibble
ihrwerdet mümmelnyou (pl.) will nibble
sie/Siewerden mümmelnthey will nibble

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gemümmelt habenI will have nibbled
duwirst gemümmelt habenyou will have nibbled
er/sie/eswird gemümmelt habenhe/she/it will have nibbled
wirwerden gemümmelt habenwe will have nibbled
ihrwerdet gemümmelt habenyou (pl.) will have nibbled
sie/Siewerden gemümmelt habenthey will have nibbled

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?

PronounGerman
ichmümmelte
dumümmeltest
er/sie/esmümmelte
wirmümmelten
ihrmümmeltet
sie/Siemümmelten

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.

PronounGerman
dumümmele
ihrmümmelt