raufen — German conjugation

to wrestle

Frequency#2431Regular

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
ichraufeI wrestle
duraufstyou wrestle
er/sie/esraufthe/she/it wrestles
wirraufenwe wrestle
ihrrauftyou (pl.) wrestle
sie/Sieraufenthey wrestle

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
ichraufteI wrestled
durauftestyou wrestled
er/sie/esrauftehe/she/it wrestled
wirrauftenwe wrestled
ihrrauftetyou (pl.) wrestled
sie/Sierauftenthey wrestled

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 gerauftI have wrestled
duhast gerauftyou have wrestled
er/sie/eshat geraufthe/she/it has wrestled
wirhaben gerauftwe have wrestled
ihrhabt gerauftyou (pl.) have wrestled
sie/Siehaben gerauftthey have wrestled

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 gerauftI had wrestled
duhattest gerauftyou had wrestled
er/sie/eshatte geraufthe/she/it had wrestled
wirhatten gerauftwe had wrestled
ihrhattet gerauftyou (pl.) had wrestled
sie/Siehatten gerauftthey had wrestled

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 raufenI will wrestle
duwirst raufenyou will wrestle
er/sie/eswird raufenhe/she/it will wrestle
wirwerden raufenwe will wrestle
ihrwerdet raufenyou (pl.) will wrestle
sie/Siewerden raufenthey will wrestle

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

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
ichraufte
durauftest
er/sie/esraufte
wirrauften
ihrrauftet
sie/Sierauften

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
duraufe
ihrrauft