räumen — German conjugation

to clear

Frequency#2606Regular

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
ichräumeI clear
duräumstyou clear
er/sie/esräumthe/she/it clears
wirräumenwe clear
ihrräumtyou (pl.) clear
sie/Sieräumenthey clear

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
ichräumteI cleared
duräumtestyou cleared
er/sie/esräumtehe/she/it cleared
wirräumtenwe cleared
ihrräumtetyou (pl.) cleared
sie/Sieräumtenthey cleared

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 geräumtI have cleared
duhast geräumtyou have cleared
er/sie/eshat geräumthe/she/it has cleared
wirhaben geräumtwe have cleared
ihrhabt geräumtyou (pl.) have cleared
sie/Siehaben geräumtthey have cleared

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 geräumtI had cleared
duhattest geräumtyou had cleared
er/sie/eshatte geräumthe/she/it had cleared
wirhatten geräumtwe had cleared
ihrhattet geräumtyou (pl.) had cleared
sie/Siehatten geräumtthey had cleared

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 räumenI will clear
duwirst räumenyou will clear
er/sie/eswird räumenhe/she/it will clear
wirwerden räumenwe will clear
ihrwerdet räumenyou (pl.) will clear
sie/Siewerden räumenthey will clear

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

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
ichräumte
duräumtest
er/sie/esräumte
wirräumten
ihrräumtet
sie/Sieräumten

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
duräume
ihrräumt