pudern — German conjugation
to powder
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 | pudere | I powder |
| du | puderst | you powder |
| er/sie/es | pudert | he/she/it powders |
| wir | pudern | we powder |
| ihr | pudert | you (pl.) powder |
| sie/Sie | pudern | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | puderte | I powdered |
| du | pudertest | you powdered |
| er/sie/es | puderte | he/she/it powdered |
| wir | puderten | we powdered |
| ihr | pudertet | you (pl.) powdered |
| sie/Sie | puderten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe gepudert | I have powdered |
| du | hast gepudert | you have powdered |
| er/sie/es | hat gepudert | he/she/it has powdered |
| wir | haben gepudert | we have powdered |
| ihr | habt gepudert | you (pl.) have powdered |
| sie/Sie | haben gepudert | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte gepudert | I had powdered |
| du | hattest gepudert | you had powdered |
| er/sie/es | hatte gepudert | he/she/it had powdered |
| wir | hatten gepudert | we had powdered |
| ihr | hattet gepudert | you (pl.) had powdered |
| sie/Sie | hatten gepudert | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde pudern | I will powder |
| du | wirst pudern | you will powder |
| er/sie/es | wird pudern | he/she/it will powder |
| wir | werden pudern | we will powder |
| ihr | werdet pudern | you (pl.) will powder |
| sie/Sie | werden pudern | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde gepudert haben | I will have powdered |
| du | wirst gepudert haben | you will have powdered |
| er/sie/es | wird gepudert haben | he/she/it will have powdered |
| wir | werden gepudert haben | we will have powdered |
| ihr | werdet gepudert haben | you (pl.) will have powdered |
| sie/Sie | werden gepudert haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | puderte |
| du | pudertest |
| er/sie/es | puderte |
| wir | puderten |
| ihr | pudertet |
| sie/Sie | puderten |
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 | pudere |
| ihr | pudert |