postulieren — German conjugation
to postulate
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 | postuliere | I postulate |
| du | postulierst | you postulate |
| er/sie/es | postuliert | he/she/it postulates |
| wir | postulieren | we postulate |
| ihr | postuliert | you (pl.) postulate |
| sie/Sie | postulieren | they postulate |
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 | postulierte | I postulated |
| du | postuliertest | you postulated |
| er/sie/es | postulierte | he/she/it postulated |
| wir | postulierten | we postulated |
| ihr | postuliertet | you (pl.) postulated |
| sie/Sie | postulierten | they postulated |
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 postuliert | I have postulated |
| du | hast postuliert | you have postulated |
| er/sie/es | hat postuliert | he/she/it has postulated |
| wir | haben postuliert | we have postulated |
| ihr | habt postuliert | you (pl.) have postulated |
| sie/Sie | haben postuliert | they have postulated |
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 postuliert | I had postulated |
| du | hattest postuliert | you had postulated |
| er/sie/es | hatte postuliert | he/she/it had postulated |
| wir | hatten postuliert | we had postulated |
| ihr | hattet postuliert | you (pl.) had postulated |
| sie/Sie | hatten postuliert | they had postulated |
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 postulieren | I will postulate |
| du | wirst postulieren | you will postulate |
| er/sie/es | wird postulieren | he/she/it will postulate |
| wir | werden postulieren | we will postulate |
| ihr | werdet postulieren | you (pl.) will postulate |
| sie/Sie | werden postulieren | they will postulate |
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 postuliert haben | I will have postulated |
| du | wirst postuliert haben | you will have postulated |
| er/sie/es | wird postuliert haben | he/she/it will have postulated |
| wir | werden postuliert haben | we will have postulated |
| ihr | werdet postuliert haben | you (pl.) will have postulated |
| sie/Sie | werden postuliert haben | they will have postulated |
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 | postulierte |
| du | postuliertest |
| er/sie/es | postulierte |
| wir | postulierten |
| ihr | postuliertet |
| sie/Sie | postulierten |
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 | postuliere |
| ihr | postuliert |