rollen — German conjugation
to roll
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 | rolle | I roll |
| du | rollst | you roll |
| er/sie/es | rollt | he/she/it rolls |
| wir | rollen | we roll |
| ihr | rollt | you (pl.) roll |
| sie/Sie | rollen | they roll |
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 | rollte | I rolled |
| du | rolltest | you rolled |
| er/sie/es | rollte | he/she/it rolled |
| wir | rollten | we rolled |
| ihr | rolltet | you (pl.) rolled |
| sie/Sie | rollten | they rolled |
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 gerollt | I have rolled |
| du | bist gerollt | you have rolled |
| er/sie/es | ist gerollt | he/she/it has rolled |
| wir | sind gerollt | we have rolled |
| ihr | seid gerollt | you (pl.) have rolled |
| sie/Sie | sind gerollt | they have rolled |
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 gerollt | I had rolled |
| du | warst gerollt | you had rolled |
| er/sie/es | war gerollt | he/she/it had rolled |
| wir | waren gerollt | we had rolled |
| ihr | wart gerollt | you (pl.) had rolled |
| sie/Sie | waren gerollt | they had rolled |
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 rollen | I will roll |
| du | wirst rollen | you will roll |
| er/sie/es | wird rollen | he/she/it will roll |
| wir | werden rollen | we will roll |
| ihr | werdet rollen | you (pl.) will roll |
| sie/Sie | werden rollen | they will roll |
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 gerollt sein | I will have rolled |
| du | wirst gerollt sein | you will have rolled |
| er/sie/es | wird gerollt sein | he/she/it will have rolled |
| wir | werden gerollt sein | we will have rolled |
| ihr | werdet gerollt sein | you (pl.) will have rolled |
| sie/Sie | werden gerollt sein | they will have rolled |
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 | rollte |
| du | rolltest |
| er/sie/es | rollte |
| wir | rollten |
| ihr | rolltet |
| sie/Sie | rollten |
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 | rolle |
| ihr | rollt |