rauben — German conjugation
to rob
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 | raube | I rob |
| du | raubst | you rob |
| er/sie/es | raubt | he/she/it robs |
| wir | rauben | we rob |
| ihr | raubt | you (pl.) rob |
| sie/Sie | rauben | they rob |
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 | raubte | I robbed |
| du | raubtest | you robbed |
| er/sie/es | raubte | he/she/it robbed |
| wir | raubten | we robbed |
| ihr | raubtet | you (pl.) robbed |
| sie/Sie | raubten | they robbed |
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 geraubt | I have robbed |
| du | hast geraubt | you have robbed |
| er/sie/es | hat geraubt | he/she/it has robbed |
| wir | haben geraubt | we have robbed |
| ihr | habt geraubt | you (pl.) have robbed |
| sie/Sie | haben geraubt | they have robbed |
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 geraubt | I had robbed |
| du | hattest geraubt | you had robbed |
| er/sie/es | hatte geraubt | he/she/it had robbed |
| wir | hatten geraubt | we had robbed |
| ihr | hattet geraubt | you (pl.) had robbed |
| sie/Sie | hatten geraubt | they had robbed |
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 rauben | I will rob |
| du | wirst rauben | you will rob |
| er/sie/es | wird rauben | he/she/it will rob |
| wir | werden rauben | we will rob |
| ihr | werdet rauben | you (pl.) will rob |
| sie/Sie | werden rauben | they will rob |
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 geraubt haben | I will have robbed |
| du | wirst geraubt haben | you will have robbed |
| er/sie/es | wird geraubt haben | he/she/it will have robbed |
| wir | werden geraubt haben | we will have robbed |
| ihr | werdet geraubt haben | you (pl.) will have robbed |
| sie/Sie | werden geraubt haben | they will have robbed |
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 | raubte |
| du | raubtest |
| er/sie/es | raubte |
| wir | raubten |
| ihr | raubtet |
| sie/Sie | raubten |
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 | raube |
| ihr | raubt |