radebrechen — German conjugation
to break
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 | radebreche | I break |
| du | radebrechst | you break |
| er/sie/es | radebrecht | he/she/it breaks |
| wir | radebrechen | we break |
| ihr | radebrecht | you (pl.) break |
| sie/Sie | radebrechen | they break |
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 | radebrechte | I broke |
| du | radebrechtest | you broke |
| er/sie/es | radebrechte | he/she/it broke |
| wir | radebrechten | we broke |
| ihr | radebrechtet | you (pl.) broke |
| sie/Sie | radebrechten | they broke |
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 geradebrecht | I have broken |
| du | hast geradebrecht | you have broken |
| er/sie/es | hat geradebrecht | he/she/it has broken |
| wir | haben geradebrecht | we have broken |
| ihr | habt geradebrecht | you (pl.) have broken |
| sie/Sie | haben geradebrecht | they have broken |
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 geradebrecht | I had broken |
| du | hattest geradebrecht | you had broken |
| er/sie/es | hatte geradebrecht | he/she/it had broken |
| wir | hatten geradebrecht | we had broken |
| ihr | hattet geradebrecht | you (pl.) had broken |
| sie/Sie | hatten geradebrecht | they had broken |
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 radebrechen | I will break |
| du | wirst radebrechen | you will break |
| er/sie/es | wird radebrechen | he/she/it will break |
| wir | werden radebrechen | we will break |
| ihr | werdet radebrechen | you (pl.) will break |
| sie/Sie | werden radebrechen | they will break |
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 geradebrecht haben | I will have broken |
| du | wirst geradebrecht haben | you will have broken |
| er/sie/es | wird geradebrecht haben | he/she/it will have broken |
| wir | werden geradebrecht haben | we will have broken |
| ihr | werdet geradebrecht haben | you (pl.) will have broken |
| sie/Sie | werden geradebrecht haben | they will have broken |
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 | radebrechte |
| du | radebrechtest |
| er/sie/es | radebrechte |
| wir | radebrechten |
| ihr | radebrechtet |
| sie/Sie | radebrechten |
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 | radebreche |
| ihr | radebrecht |