prangen — German conjugation
to stand 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 | prange | I stand out |
| du | prangst | you stand out |
| er/sie/es | prangt | he/she/it stands out |
| wir | prangen | we stand out |
| ihr | prangt | you (pl.) stand out |
| sie/Sie | prangen | they stand out |
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 | prangte | I stood out |
| du | prangtest | you stood out |
| er/sie/es | prangte | he/she/it stood out |
| wir | prangten | we stood out |
| ihr | prangtet | you (pl.) stood out |
| sie/Sie | prangten | they stood out |
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 geprangt | I have stood out |
| du | hast geprangt | you have stood out |
| er/sie/es | hat geprangt | he/she/it has stood out |
| wir | haben geprangt | we have stood out |
| ihr | habt geprangt | you (pl.) have stood out |
| sie/Sie | haben geprangt | they have stood out |
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 geprangt | I had stood out |
| du | hattest geprangt | you had stood out |
| er/sie/es | hatte geprangt | he/she/it had stood out |
| wir | hatten geprangt | we had stood out |
| ihr | hattet geprangt | you (pl.) had stood out |
| sie/Sie | hatten geprangt | they had stood out |
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 prangen | I will stand out |
| du | wirst prangen | you will stand out |
| er/sie/es | wird prangen | he/she/it will stand out |
| wir | werden prangen | we will stand out |
| ihr | werdet prangen | you (pl.) will stand out |
| sie/Sie | werden prangen | they will stand out |
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 geprangt haben | I will have stood out |
| du | wirst geprangt haben | you will have stood out |
| er/sie/es | wird geprangt haben | he/she/it will have stood out |
| wir | werden geprangt haben | we will have stood out |
| ihr | werdet geprangt haben | you (pl.) will have stood out |
| sie/Sie | werden geprangt haben | they will have stood out |
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 | prangte |
| du | prangtest |
| er/sie/es | prangte |
| wir | prangten |
| ihr | prangtet |
| sie/Sie | prangten |
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 | prange |
| ihr | prangt |