robben — German conjugation
to crawl
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 | robbe | I crawl |
| du | robbst | you crawl |
| er/sie/es | robbt | he/she/it crawls |
| wir | robben | we crawl |
| ihr | robbt | you (pl.) crawl |
| sie/Sie | robben | they crawl |
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 | robbte | I crawled |
| du | robbtest | you crawled |
| er/sie/es | robbte | he/she/it crawled |
| wir | robbten | we crawled |
| ihr | robbtet | you (pl.) crawled |
| sie/Sie | robbten | they crawled |
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 | bin gerobbt | I have crawled |
| du | bist gerobbt | you have crawled |
| er/sie/es | ist gerobbt | he/she/it has crawled |
| wir | sind gerobbt | we have crawled |
| ihr | seid gerobbt | you (pl.) have crawled |
| sie/Sie | sind gerobbt | they have crawled |
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 | war gerobbt | I had crawled |
| du | warst gerobbt | you had crawled |
| er/sie/es | war gerobbt | he/she/it had crawled |
| wir | waren gerobbt | we had crawled |
| ihr | wart gerobbt | you (pl.) had crawled |
| sie/Sie | waren gerobbt | they had crawled |
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 robben | I will crawl |
| du | wirst robben | you will crawl |
| er/sie/es | wird robben | he/she/it will crawl |
| wir | werden robben | we will crawl |
| ihr | werdet robben | you (pl.) will crawl |
| sie/Sie | werden robben | they will crawl |
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 gerobbt sein | I will have crawled |
| du | wirst gerobbt sein | you will have crawled |
| er/sie/es | wird gerobbt sein | he/she/it will have crawled |
| wir | werden gerobbt sein | we will have crawled |
| ihr | werdet gerobbt sein | you (pl.) will have crawled |
| sie/Sie | werden gerobbt sein | they will have crawled |
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 | robbte |
| du | robbtest |
| er/sie/es | robbte |
| wir | robbten |
| ihr | robbtet |
| sie/Sie | robbten |
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 | robbe |
| ihr | robbt |