nieten — German conjugation

to rivet

Frequency#1817Regular

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
ichnieteI rivet
dunietestyou rivet
er/sie/esnietethe/she/it rivets
wirnietenwe rivet
ihrnietetyou (pl.) rivet
sie/Sienietenthey rivet

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
ichnieteteI riveted
dunietetestyou riveted
er/sie/esnietetehe/she/it riveted
wirnietetenwe riveted
ihrnietetetyou (pl.) riveted
sie/Sienietetenthey riveted

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 genietetI have riveted
duhast genietetyou have riveted
er/sie/eshat genietethe/she/it has riveted
wirhaben genietetwe have riveted
ihrhabt genietetyou (pl.) have riveted
sie/Siehaben genietetthey have riveted

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 genietetI had riveted
duhattest genietetyou had riveted
er/sie/eshatte genietethe/she/it had riveted
wirhatten genietetwe had riveted
ihrhattet genietetyou (pl.) had riveted
sie/Siehatten genietetthey had riveted

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 nietenI will rivet
duwirst nietenyou will rivet
er/sie/eswird nietenhe/she/it will rivet
wirwerden nietenwe will rivet
ihrwerdet nietenyou (pl.) will rivet
sie/Siewerden nietenthey will rivet

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

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
ichnietete
dunietetest
er/sie/esnietete
wirnieteten
ihrnietetet
sie/Sienieteten

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
duniete
ihrnietet