prahlen — German conjugation

to boast

Frequency#696Regular

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
ichprahleI boast
duprahlstyou boast
er/sie/esprahlthe/she/it boasts
wirprahlenwe boast
ihrprahltyou (pl.) boast
sie/Sieprahlenthey boast

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
ichprahlteI boasted
duprahltestyou boasted
er/sie/esprahltehe/she/it boasted
wirprahltenwe boasted
ihrprahltetyou (pl.) boasted
sie/Sieprahltenthey boasted

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 geprahltI have boasted
duhast geprahltyou have boasted
er/sie/eshat geprahlthe/she/it has boasted
wirhaben geprahltwe have boasted
ihrhabt geprahltyou (pl.) have boasted
sie/Siehaben geprahltthey have boasted

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 geprahltI had boasted
duhattest geprahltyou had boasted
er/sie/eshatte geprahlthe/she/it had boasted
wirhatten geprahltwe had boasted
ihrhattet geprahltyou (pl.) had boasted
sie/Siehatten geprahltthey had boasted

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 prahlenI will boast
duwirst prahlenyou will boast
er/sie/eswird prahlenhe/she/it will boast
wirwerden prahlenwe will boast
ihrwerdet prahlenyou (pl.) will boast
sie/Siewerden prahlenthey will boast

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

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
ichprahlte
duprahltest
er/sie/esprahlte
wirprahlten
ihrprahltet
sie/Sieprahlten

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
duprahle
ihrprahlt