pimpern — German conjugation

to shag

Frequency#2681Regular

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
ichpimpereI shag
dupimperstyou shag
er/sie/espimperthe/she/it shags
wirpimpernwe shag
ihrpimpertyou (pl.) shag
sie/Siepimpernthey shag

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
ichpimperteI shagged
dupimpertestyou shagged
er/sie/espimpertehe/she/it shagged
wirpimpertenwe shagged
ihrpimpertetyou (pl.) shagged
sie/Siepimpertenthey shagged

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 gepimpertI have shagged
duhast gepimpertyou have shagged
er/sie/eshat gepimperthe/she/it has shagged
wirhaben gepimpertwe have shagged
ihrhabt gepimpertyou (pl.) have shagged
sie/Siehaben gepimpertthey have shagged

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 gepimpertI had shagged
duhattest gepimpertyou had shagged
er/sie/eshatte gepimperthe/she/it had shagged
wirhatten gepimpertwe had shagged
ihrhattet gepimpertyou (pl.) had shagged
sie/Siehatten gepimpertthey had shagged

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 pimpernI will shag
duwirst pimpernyou will shag
er/sie/eswird pimpernhe/she/it will shag
wirwerden pimpernwe will shag
ihrwerdet pimpernyou (pl.) will shag
sie/Siewerden pimpernthey will shag

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

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
ichpimperte
dupimpertest
er/sie/espimperte
wirpimperten
ihrpimpertet
sie/Siepimperten

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
dupimpere
ihrpimpert