plärren — German conjugation
to scream, to cry out
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 | plärre | I scream |
| du | plärrst | you scream |
| er/sie/es | plärrt | he/she/it screams |
| wir | plärren | we scream |
| ihr | plärrt | you (pl.) scream |
| sie/Sie | plärren | they scream |
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 | plärrte | I screamed |
| du | plärrtest | you screamed |
| er/sie/es | plärrte | he/she/it screamed |
| wir | plärrten | we screamed |
| ihr | plärrtet | you (pl.) screamed |
| sie/Sie | plärrten | they screamed |
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 geplärrt | I have screamed |
| du | hast geplärrt | you have screamed |
| er/sie/es | hat geplärrt | he/she/it has screamed |
| wir | haben geplärrt | we have screamed |
| ihr | habt geplärrt | you (pl.) have screamed |
| sie/Sie | haben geplärrt | they have screamed |
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 geplärrt | I had screamed |
| du | hattest geplärrt | you had screamed |
| er/sie/es | hatte geplärrt | he/she/it had screamed |
| wir | hatten geplärrt | we had screamed |
| ihr | hattet geplärrt | you (pl.) had screamed |
| sie/Sie | hatten geplärrt | they had screamed |
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 plärren | I will scream |
| du | wirst plärren | you will scream |
| er/sie/es | wird plärren | he/she/it will scream |
| wir | werden plärren | we will scream |
| ihr | werdet plärren | you (pl.) will scream |
| sie/Sie | werden plärren | they will scream |
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 geplärrt haben | I will have screamed |
| du | wirst geplärrt haben | you will have screamed |
| er/sie/es | wird geplärrt haben | he/she/it will have screamed |
| wir | werden geplärrt haben | we will have screamed |
| ihr | werdet geplärrt haben | you (pl.) will have screamed |
| sie/Sie | werden geplärrt haben | they will have screamed |
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 | plärrte |
| du | plärrtest |
| er/sie/es | plärrte |
| wir | plärrten |
| ihr | plärrtet |
| sie/Sie | plärrten |
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 | plärre |
| ihr | plärrt |