raunen — German conjugation
to whisper; to say secretly (especially in an eerie way)
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 | raune | I whisper |
| du | raunst | you whisper |
| er/sie/es | raunt | he/she/it whispers |
| wir | raunen | we whisper |
| ihr | raunt | you (pl.) whisper |
| sie/Sie | raunen | they whisper |
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 | raunte | I whispered |
| du | rauntest | you whispered |
| er/sie/es | raunte | he/she/it whispered |
| wir | raunten | we whispered |
| ihr | rauntet | you (pl.) whispered |
| sie/Sie | raunten | they whispered |
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 geraunt | I have whispered |
| du | hast geraunt | you have whispered |
| er/sie/es | hat geraunt | he/she/it has whispered |
| wir | haben geraunt | we have whispered |
| ihr | habt geraunt | you (pl.) have whispered |
| sie/Sie | haben geraunt | they have whispered |
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 geraunt | I had whispered |
| du | hattest geraunt | you had whispered |
| er/sie/es | hatte geraunt | he/she/it had whispered |
| wir | hatten geraunt | we had whispered |
| ihr | hattet geraunt | you (pl.) had whispered |
| sie/Sie | hatten geraunt | they had whispered |
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 raunen | I will whisper |
| du | wirst raunen | you will whisper |
| er/sie/es | wird raunen | he/she/it will whisper |
| wir | werden raunen | we will whisper |
| ihr | werdet raunen | you (pl.) will whisper |
| sie/Sie | werden raunen | they will whisper |
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 geraunt haben | I will have whispered |
| du | wirst geraunt haben | you will have whispered |
| er/sie/es | wird geraunt haben | he/she/it will have whispered |
| wir | werden geraunt haben | we will have whispered |
| ihr | werdet geraunt haben | you (pl.) will have whispered |
| sie/Sie | werden geraunt haben | they will have whispered |
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 | raunte |
| du | rauntest |
| er/sie/es | raunte |
| wir | raunten |
| ihr | rauntet |
| sie/Sie | raunten |
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 | raune |
| ihr | raunt |