regen — German conjugation

to rain

Frequency#2661Regular

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
ichregeI rain
duregstyou rain
er/sie/esregthe/she/it rains
wirregenwe rain
ihrregtyou (pl.) rain
sie/Sieregenthey rain

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
ichregteI rained
duregtestyou rained
er/sie/esregtehe/she/it rained
wirregtenwe rained
ihrregtetyou (pl.) rained
sie/Sieregtenthey rained

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 geregtI have rained
duhast geregtyou have rained
er/sie/eshat geregthe/she/it has rained
wirhaben geregtwe have rained
ihrhabt geregtyou (pl.) have rained
sie/Siehaben geregtthey have rained

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 geregtI had rained
duhattest geregtyou had rained
er/sie/eshatte geregthe/she/it had rained
wirhatten geregtwe had rained
ihrhattet geregtyou (pl.) had rained
sie/Siehatten geregtthey had rained

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 regenI will rain
duwirst regenyou will rain
er/sie/eswird regenhe/she/it will rain
wirwerden regenwe will rain
ihrwerdet regenyou (pl.) will rain
sie/Siewerden regenthey will rain

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

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
ichregte
duregtest
er/sie/esregte
wirregten
ihrregtet
sie/Sieregten

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
durege
ihrregt