murren — German conjugation

to grumble

Frequency#1517Regular

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
ichmurreI grumble
dumurrstyou grumble
er/sie/esmurrthe/she/it grumbles
wirmurrenwe grumble
ihrmurrtyou (pl.) grumble
sie/Siemurrenthey grumble

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
ichmurrteI grumbled
dumurrtestyou grumbled
er/sie/esmurrtehe/she/it grumbled
wirmurrtenwe grumbled
ihrmurrtetyou (pl.) grumbled
sie/Siemurrtenthey grumbled

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 gemurrtI have grumbled
duhast gemurrtyou have grumbled
er/sie/eshat gemurrthe/she/it has grumbled
wirhaben gemurrtwe have grumbled
ihrhabt gemurrtyou (pl.) have grumbled
sie/Siehaben gemurrtthey have grumbled

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 gemurrtI had grumbled
duhattest gemurrtyou had grumbled
er/sie/eshatte gemurrthe/she/it had grumbled
wirhatten gemurrtwe had grumbled
ihrhattet gemurrtyou (pl.) had grumbled
sie/Siehatten gemurrtthey had grumbled

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 murrenI will grumble
duwirst murrenyou will grumble
er/sie/eswird murrenhe/she/it will grumble
wirwerden murrenwe will grumble
ihrwerdet murrenyou (pl.) will grumble
sie/Siewerden murrenthey will grumble

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 gemurrt habenI will have grumbled
duwirst gemurrt habenyou will have grumbled
er/sie/eswird gemurrt habenhe/she/it will have grumbled
wirwerden gemurrt habenwe will have grumbled
ihrwerdet gemurrt habenyou (pl.) will have grumbled
sie/Siewerden gemurrt habenthey will have grumbled

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
ichmurrte
dumurrtest
er/sie/esmurrte
wirmurrten
ihrmurrtet
sie/Siemurrten

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
dumurre
ihrmurrt