rauschen — German conjugation

to rustle

Frequency#1351Regular

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
ichrauscheI rustle
durauschstyou rustle
er/sie/esrauschthe/she/it rustles
wirrauschenwe rustle
ihrrauschtyou (pl.) rustle
sie/Sierauschenthey rustle

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
ichrauschteI rustled
durauschtestyou rustled
er/sie/esrauschtehe/she/it rustled
wirrauschtenwe rustled
ihrrauschtetyou (pl.) rustled
sie/Sierauschtenthey rustled

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 gerauschtI have rustled
duhast gerauschtyou have rustled
er/sie/eshat gerauschthe/she/it has rustled
wirhaben gerauschtwe have rustled
ihrhabt gerauschtyou (pl.) have rustled
sie/Siehaben gerauschtthey have rustled

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 gerauschtI had rustled
duhattest gerauschtyou had rustled
er/sie/eshatte gerauschthe/she/it had rustled
wirhatten gerauschtwe had rustled
ihrhattet gerauschtyou (pl.) had rustled
sie/Siehatten gerauschtthey had rustled

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 rauschenI will rustle
duwirst rauschenyou will rustle
er/sie/eswird rauschenhe/she/it will rustle
wirwerden rauschenwe will rustle
ihrwerdet rauschenyou (pl.) will rustle
sie/Siewerden rauschenthey will rustle

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

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
ichrauschte
durauschtest
er/sie/esrauschte
wirrauschten
ihrrauschtet
sie/Sierauschten

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
durausche
ihrrauscht