rühmen — German conjugation
to praise
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 | rühme | I praise |
| du | rühmst | you praise |
| er/sie/es | rühmt | he/she/it praises |
| wir | rühmen | we praise |
| ihr | rühmt | you (pl.) praise |
| sie/Sie | rühmen | they praise |
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 | rühmte | I praised |
| du | rühmtest | you praised |
| er/sie/es | rühmte | he/she/it praised |
| wir | rühmten | we praised |
| ihr | rühmtet | you (pl.) praised |
| sie/Sie | rühmten | they praised |
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 gerühmt | I have praised |
| du | hast gerühmt | you have praised |
| er/sie/es | hat gerühmt | he/she/it has praised |
| wir | haben gerühmt | we have praised |
| ihr | habt gerühmt | you (pl.) have praised |
| sie/Sie | haben gerühmt | they have praised |
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 gerühmt | I had praised |
| du | hattest gerühmt | you had praised |
| er/sie/es | hatte gerühmt | he/she/it had praised |
| wir | hatten gerühmt | we had praised |
| ihr | hattet gerühmt | you (pl.) had praised |
| sie/Sie | hatten gerühmt | they had praised |
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 rühmen | I will praise |
| du | wirst rühmen | you will praise |
| er/sie/es | wird rühmen | he/she/it will praise |
| wir | werden rühmen | we will praise |
| ihr | werdet rühmen | you (pl.) will praise |
| sie/Sie | werden rühmen | they will praise |
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 gerühmt haben | I will have praised |
| du | wirst gerühmt haben | you will have praised |
| er/sie/es | wird gerühmt haben | he/she/it will have praised |
| wir | werden gerühmt haben | we will have praised |
| ihr | werdet gerühmt haben | you (pl.) will have praised |
| sie/Sie | werden gerühmt haben | they will have praised |
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 | rühmte |
| du | rühmtest |
| er/sie/es | rühmte |
| wir | rühmten |
| ihr | rühmtet |
| sie/Sie | rühmten |
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 | rühme |
| ihr | rühmt |