rösten — German conjugation

to roast

Frequency#785Regular

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
ichrösteI roast
duröstestyou roast
er/sie/esröstethe/she/it roasts
wirröstenwe roast
ihrröstetyou (pl.) roast
sie/Sieröstenthey roast

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
ichrösteteI roasted
duröstetestyou roasted
er/sie/esröstetehe/she/it roasted
wirröstetenwe roasted
ihrröstetetyou (pl.) roasted
sie/Sieröstetenthey roasted

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 geröstetI have roasted
duhast geröstetyou have roasted
er/sie/eshat geröstethe/she/it has roasted
wirhaben geröstetwe have roasted
ihrhabt geröstetyou (pl.) have roasted
sie/Siehaben geröstetthey have roasted

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 geröstetI had roasted
duhattest geröstetyou had roasted
er/sie/eshatte geröstethe/she/it had roasted
wirhatten geröstetwe had roasted
ihrhattet geröstetyou (pl.) had roasted
sie/Siehatten geröstetthey had roasted

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 röstenI will roast
duwirst röstenyou will roast
er/sie/eswird röstenhe/she/it will roast
wirwerden röstenwe will roast
ihrwerdet röstenyou (pl.) will roast
sie/Siewerden röstenthey will roast

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

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
ichröstete
duröstetest
er/sie/esröstete
wirrösteten
ihrröstetet
sie/Sierösteten

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
duröste
ihrröstet