rücken — German conjugation
to move, to push
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 | rücke | I move |
| du | rückst | you move |
| er/sie/es | rückt | he/she/it moves |
| wir | rücken | we move |
| ihr | rückt | you (pl.) move |
| sie/Sie | rücken | they move |
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 | rückte | I moved |
| du | rücktest | you moved |
| er/sie/es | rückte | he/she/it moved |
| wir | rückten | we moved |
| ihr | rücktet | you (pl.) moved |
| sie/Sie | rückten | they moved |
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 gerückt | I have moved |
| du | hast gerückt | you have moved |
| er/sie/es | hat gerückt | he/she/it has moved |
| wir | haben gerückt | we have moved |
| ihr | habt gerückt | you (pl.) have moved |
| sie/Sie | haben gerückt | they have moved |
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 gerückt | I had moved |
| du | hattest gerückt | you had moved |
| er/sie/es | hatte gerückt | he/she/it had moved |
| wir | hatten gerückt | we had moved |
| ihr | hattet gerückt | you (pl.) had moved |
| sie/Sie | hatten gerückt | they had moved |
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 rücken | I will move |
| du | wirst rücken | you will move |
| er/sie/es | wird rücken | he/she/it will move |
| wir | werden rücken | we will move |
| ihr | werdet rücken | you (pl.) will move |
| sie/Sie | werden rücken | they will move |
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 gerückt haben | I will have moved |
| du | wirst gerückt haben | you will have moved |
| er/sie/es | wird gerückt haben | he/she/it will have moved |
| wir | werden gerückt haben | we will have moved |
| ihr | werdet gerückt haben | you (pl.) will have moved |
| sie/Sie | werden gerückt haben | they will have moved |
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 | rückte |
| du | rücktest |
| er/sie/es | rückte |
| wir | rückten |
| ihr | rücktet |
| sie/Sie | rückten |
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 | rücke |
| ihr | rückt |