pudern — German conjugation

to powder

Frequency#2427Regular

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
ichpudereI powder
dupuderstyou powder
er/sie/espuderthe/she/it powders
wirpudernwe powder
ihrpudertyou (pl.) powder
sie/Siepudernthey powder

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
ichpuderteI powdered
dupudertestyou powdered
er/sie/espudertehe/she/it powdered
wirpudertenwe powdered
ihrpudertetyou (pl.) powdered
sie/Siepudertenthey powdered

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 gepudertI have powdered
duhast gepudertyou have powdered
er/sie/eshat gepuderthe/she/it has powdered
wirhaben gepudertwe have powdered
ihrhabt gepudertyou (pl.) have powdered
sie/Siehaben gepudertthey have powdered

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 gepudertI had powdered
duhattest gepudertyou had powdered
er/sie/eshatte gepuderthe/she/it had powdered
wirhatten gepudertwe had powdered
ihrhattet gepudertyou (pl.) had powdered
sie/Siehatten gepudertthey had powdered

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 pudernI will powder
duwirst pudernyou will powder
er/sie/eswird pudernhe/she/it will powder
wirwerden pudernwe will powder
ihrwerdet pudernyou (pl.) will powder
sie/Siewerden pudernthey will powder

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

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
ichpuderte
dupudertest
er/sie/espuderte
wirpuderten
ihrpudertet
sie/Siepuderten

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
dupudere
ihrpudert