schelten — German conjugation
to scold
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | schelte | I scold |
| du | schiltst | you scold |
| er/sie/es | schilt | he/she/it scolds |
| wir | schelten | we scold |
| ihr | scheltet | you (pl.) scold |
| sie/Sie | schelten | they scold |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | schalt | I scolded |
| du | schaltest | you scolded |
| er/sie/es | schalt | he/she/it scolded |
| wir | schalten | we scolded |
| ihr | schaltet | you (pl.) scolded |
| sie/Sie | schalten | they scolded |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 gescholten | I have scolded |
| du | hast gescholten | you have scolded |
| er/sie/es | hat gescholten | he/she/it has scolded |
| wir | haben gescholten | we have scolded |
| ihr | habt gescholten | you (pl.) have scolded |
| sie/Sie | haben gescholten | they have scolded |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 gescholten | I had scolded |
| du | hattest gescholten | you had scolded |
| er/sie/es | hatte gescholten | he/she/it had scolded |
| wir | hatten gescholten | we had scolded |
| ihr | hattet gescholten | you (pl.) had scolded |
| sie/Sie | hatten gescholten | they had scolded |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 schelten | I will scold |
| du | wirst schelten | you will scold |
| er/sie/es | wird schelten | he/she/it will scold |
| wir | werden schelten | we will scold |
| ihr | werdet schelten | you (pl.) will scold |
| sie/Sie | werden schelten | they will scold |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 gescholten haben | I will have scolded |
| du | wirst gescholten haben | you will have scolded |
| er/sie/es | wird gescholten haben | he/she/it will have scolded |
| wir | werden gescholten haben | we will have scolded |
| ihr | werdet gescholten haben | you (pl.) will have scolded |
| sie/Sie | werden gescholten haben | they will have scolded |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | schälte |
| du | schältest |
| er/sie/es | schälte |
| wir | schälten |
| ihr | schältet |
| sie/Sie | schälten |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | schilt |
| ihr | scheltet |