rudern — German conjugation

to row (propel over water using oars)

Frequency#981Regular

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
ichrudereI row
duruderstyou row
er/sie/esruderthe/she/it rows
wirrudernwe row
ihrrudertyou (pl.) row
sie/Sierudernthey row

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
ichruderteI rowed
durudertestyou rowed
er/sie/esrudertehe/she/it rowed
wirrudertenwe rowed
ihrrudertetyou (pl.) rowed
sie/Sierudertenthey rowed

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
ichbin gerudertI have rowed
dubist gerudertyou have rowed
er/sie/esist geruderthe/she/it has rowed
wirsind gerudertwe have rowed
ihrseid gerudertyou (pl.) have rowed
sie/Siesind gerudertthey have rowed

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
ichwar gerudertI had rowed
duwarst gerudertyou had rowed
er/sie/eswar geruderthe/she/it had rowed
wirwaren gerudertwe had rowed
ihrwart gerudertyou (pl.) had rowed
sie/Siewaren gerudertthey had rowed

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 rudernI will row
duwirst rudernyou will row
er/sie/eswird rudernhe/she/it will row
wirwerden rudernwe will row
ihrwerdet rudernyou (pl.) will row
sie/Siewerden rudernthey will row

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 gerudert seinI will have rowed
duwirst gerudert seinyou will have rowed
er/sie/eswird gerudert seinhe/she/it will have rowed
wirwerden gerudert seinwe will have rowed
ihrwerdet gerudert seinyou (pl.) will have rowed
sie/Siewerden gerudert seinthey will have rowed

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
ichruderte
durudertest
er/sie/esruderte
wirruderten
ihrrudertet
sie/Sieruderten

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
durudere
ihrrudert