saften — German conjugation
to juice
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 | safte | I juice |
| du | saftest | you juice |
| er/sie/es | saftet | he/she/it juices |
| wir | saften | we juice |
| ihr | saftet | you (pl.) juice |
| sie/Sie | saften | they juice |
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 | saftete | I juiced |
| du | saftetest | you juiced |
| er/sie/es | saftete | he/she/it juiced |
| wir | safteten | we juiced |
| ihr | saftetet | you (pl.) juiced |
| sie/Sie | safteten | they juiced |
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 gesaftet | I have juiced |
| du | hast gesaftet | you have juiced |
| er/sie/es | hat gesaftet | he/she/it has juiced |
| wir | haben gesaftet | we have juiced |
| ihr | habt gesaftet | you (pl.) have juiced |
| sie/Sie | haben gesaftet | they have juiced |
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 gesaftet | I had juiced |
| du | hattest gesaftet | you had juiced |
| er/sie/es | hatte gesaftet | he/she/it had juiced |
| wir | hatten gesaftet | we had juiced |
| ihr | hattet gesaftet | you (pl.) had juiced |
| sie/Sie | hatten gesaftet | they had juiced |
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 saften | I will juice |
| du | wirst saften | you will juice |
| er/sie/es | wird saften | he/she/it will juice |
| wir | werden saften | we will juice |
| ihr | werdet saften | you (pl.) will juice |
| sie/Sie | werden saften | they will juice |
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 gesaftet haben | I will have juiced |
| du | wirst gesaftet haben | you will have juiced |
| er/sie/es | wird gesaftet haben | he/she/it will have juiced |
| wir | werden gesaftet haben | we will have juiced |
| ihr | werdet gesaftet haben | you (pl.) will have juiced |
| sie/Sie | werden gesaftet haben | they will have juiced |
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 | saftete |
| du | saftetest |
| er/sie/es | saftete |
| wir | safteten |
| ihr | saftetet |
| sie/Sie | safteten |
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 | safte |
| ihr | saftet |