protestieren — German conjugation
to protest (to make a strong objection)
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 | protestiere | I protest |
| du | protestierst | you protest |
| er/sie/es | protestiert | he/she/it protests |
| wir | protestieren | we protest |
| ihr | protestiert | you (pl.) protest |
| sie/Sie | protestieren | they protest |
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 | protestierte | I protested |
| du | protestiertest | you protested |
| er/sie/es | protestierte | he/she/it protested |
| wir | protestierten | we protested |
| ihr | protestiertet | you (pl.) protested |
| sie/Sie | protestierten | they protested |
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 protestiert | I have protested |
| du | hast protestiert | you have protested |
| er/sie/es | hat protestiert | he/she/it has protested |
| wir | haben protestiert | we have protested |
| ihr | habt protestiert | you (pl.) have protested |
| sie/Sie | haben protestiert | they have protested |
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 protestiert | I had protested |
| du | hattest protestiert | you had protested |
| er/sie/es | hatte protestiert | he/she/it had protested |
| wir | hatten protestiert | we had protested |
| ihr | hattet protestiert | you (pl.) had protested |
| sie/Sie | hatten protestiert | they had protested |
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 protestieren | I will protest |
| du | wirst protestieren | you will protest |
| er/sie/es | wird protestieren | he/she/it will protest |
| wir | werden protestieren | we will protest |
| ihr | werdet protestieren | you (pl.) will protest |
| sie/Sie | werden protestieren | they will protest |
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 protestiert haben | I will have protested |
| du | wirst protestiert haben | you will have protested |
| er/sie/es | wird protestiert haben | he/she/it will have protested |
| wir | werden protestiert haben | we will have protested |
| ihr | werdet protestiert haben | you (pl.) will have protested |
| sie/Sie | werden protestiert haben | they will have protested |
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 | protestierte |
| du | protestiertest |
| er/sie/es | protestierte |
| wir | protestierten |
| ihr | protestiertet |
| sie/Sie | protestierten |
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 | protestiere |
| ihr | protestiert |