pinkeln — German conjugation
to pee (colloquial)
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 | pinkele | I pee |
| du | pinkelst | you pee |
| er/sie/es | pinkelt | he/she/it pees |
| wir | pinkeln | we pee |
| ihr | pinkelt | you (pl.) pee |
| sie/Sie | pinkeln | they pee |
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 | pinkelte | I peed |
| du | pinkeltest | you peed |
| er/sie/es | pinkelte | he/she/it peed |
| wir | pinkelten | we peed |
| ihr | pinkeltet | you (pl.) peed |
| sie/Sie | pinkelten | they peed |
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 gepinkelt | I have peed |
| du | hast gepinkelt | you have peed |
| er/sie/es | hat gepinkelt | he/she/it has peed |
| wir | haben gepinkelt | we have peed |
| ihr | habt gepinkelt | you (pl.) have peed |
| sie/Sie | haben gepinkelt | they have peed |
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 gepinkelt | I had peed |
| du | hattest gepinkelt | you had peed |
| er/sie/es | hatte gepinkelt | he/she/it had peed |
| wir | hatten gepinkelt | we had peed |
| ihr | hattet gepinkelt | you (pl.) had peed |
| sie/Sie | hatten gepinkelt | they had peed |
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 pinkeln | I will pee |
| du | wirst pinkeln | you will pee |
| er/sie/es | wird pinkeln | he/she/it will pee |
| wir | werden pinkeln | we will pee |
| ihr | werdet pinkeln | you (pl.) will pee |
| sie/Sie | werden pinkeln | they will pee |
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 gepinkelt haben | I will have peed |
| du | wirst gepinkelt haben | you will have peed |
| er/sie/es | wird gepinkelt haben | he/she/it will have peed |
| wir | werden gepinkelt haben | we will have peed |
| ihr | werdet gepinkelt haben | you (pl.) will have peed |
| sie/Sie | werden gepinkelt haben | they will have peed |
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 | pinkelte |
| du | pinkeltest |
| er/sie/es | pinkelte |
| wir | pinkelten |
| ihr | pinkeltet |
| sie/Sie | pinkelten |
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 | pinkele |
| ihr | pinkelt |