reimen — German conjugation
to rhyme
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 | reime | I rhyme |
| du | reimst | you rhyme |
| er/sie/es | reimt | he/she/it rhymes |
| wir | reimen | we rhyme |
| ihr | reimt | you (pl.) rhyme |
| sie/Sie | reimen | they rhyme |
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 | reimte | I rhymed |
| du | reimtest | you rhymed |
| er/sie/es | reimte | he/she/it rhymed |
| wir | reimten | we rhymed |
| ihr | reimtet | you (pl.) rhymed |
| sie/Sie | reimten | they rhymed |
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 gereimt | I have rhymed |
| du | hast gereimt | you have rhymed |
| er/sie/es | hat gereimt | he/she/it has rhymed |
| wir | haben gereimt | we have rhymed |
| ihr | habt gereimt | you (pl.) have rhymed |
| sie/Sie | haben gereimt | they have rhymed |
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 gereimt | I had rhymed |
| du | hattest gereimt | you had rhymed |
| er/sie/es | hatte gereimt | he/she/it had rhymed |
| wir | hatten gereimt | we had rhymed |
| ihr | hattet gereimt | you (pl.) had rhymed |
| sie/Sie | hatten gereimt | they had rhymed |
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 reimen | I will rhyme |
| du | wirst reimen | you will rhyme |
| er/sie/es | wird reimen | he/she/it will rhyme |
| wir | werden reimen | we will rhyme |
| ihr | werdet reimen | you (pl.) will rhyme |
| sie/Sie | werden reimen | they will rhyme |
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 gereimt haben | I will have rhymed |
| du | wirst gereimt haben | you will have rhymed |
| er/sie/es | wird gereimt haben | he/she/it will have rhymed |
| wir | werden gereimt haben | we will have rhymed |
| ihr | werdet gereimt haben | you (pl.) will have rhymed |
| sie/Sie | werden gereimt haben | they will have rhymed |
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 | reimte |
| du | reimtest |
| er/sie/es | reimte |
| wir | reimten |
| ihr | reimtet |
| sie/Sie | reimten |
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 | reime |
| ihr | reimt |