reizen — German conjugation
to excite, to annoy
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 | reize | I excite |
| du | reizt | you excite |
| er/sie/es | reizt | he/she/it excites |
| wir | reizen | we excite |
| ihr | reizt | you (pl.) excite |
| sie/Sie | reizen | they excite |
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 | reizte | I excited |
| du | reiztest | you excited |
| er/sie/es | reizte | he/she/it excited |
| wir | reizten | we excited |
| ihr | reiztet | you (pl.) excited |
| sie/Sie | reizten | they excited |
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 gereizt | I have excited |
| du | hast gereizt | you have excited |
| er/sie/es | hat gereizt | he/she/it has excited |
| wir | haben gereizt | we have excited |
| ihr | habt gereizt | you (pl.) have excited |
| sie/Sie | haben gereizt | they have excited |
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 gereizt | I had excited |
| du | hattest gereizt | you had excited |
| er/sie/es | hatte gereizt | he/she/it had excited |
| wir | hatten gereizt | we had excited |
| ihr | hattet gereizt | you (pl.) had excited |
| sie/Sie | hatten gereizt | they had excited |
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 reizen | I will excite |
| du | wirst reizen | you will excite |
| er/sie/es | wird reizen | he/she/it will excite |
| wir | werden reizen | we will excite |
| ihr | werdet reizen | you (pl.) will excite |
| sie/Sie | werden reizen | they will excite |
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 gereizt haben | I will have excited |
| du | wirst gereizt haben | you will have excited |
| er/sie/es | wird gereizt haben | he/she/it will have excited |
| wir | werden gereizt haben | we will have excited |
| ihr | werdet gereizt haben | you (pl.) will have excited |
| sie/Sie | werden gereizt haben | they will have excited |
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 | reizte |
| du | reiztest |
| er/sie/es | reizte |
| wir | reizten |
| ihr | reiztet |
| sie/Sie | reizten |
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 | reize |
| ihr | reizt |