schildern — German conjugation
to depict (with words), to narrate, tell vividly
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 | schildere | I depict |
| du | schilderst | you depict |
| er/sie/es | schildert | he/she/it depicts |
| wir | schildern | we depict |
| ihr | schildert | you (pl.) depict |
| sie/Sie | schildern | they depict |
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 | schilderte | I depicted |
| du | schildertest | you depicted |
| er/sie/es | schilderte | he/she/it depicted |
| wir | schilderten | we depicted |
| ihr | schildertet | you (pl.) depicted |
| sie/Sie | schilderten | they depicted |
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 geschildert | I have depicted |
| du | hast geschildert | you have depicted |
| er/sie/es | hat geschildert | he/she/it has depicted |
| wir | haben geschildert | we have depicted |
| ihr | habt geschildert | you (pl.) have depicted |
| sie/Sie | haben geschildert | they have depicted |
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 geschildert | I had depicted |
| du | hattest geschildert | you had depicted |
| er/sie/es | hatte geschildert | he/she/it had depicted |
| wir | hatten geschildert | we had depicted |
| ihr | hattet geschildert | you (pl.) had depicted |
| sie/Sie | hatten geschildert | they had depicted |
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 schildern | I will depict |
| du | wirst schildern | you will depict |
| er/sie/es | wird schildern | he/she/it will depict |
| wir | werden schildern | we will depict |
| ihr | werdet schildern | you (pl.) will depict |
| sie/Sie | werden schildern | they will depict |
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 geschildert haben | I will have depicted |
| du | wirst geschildert haben | you will have depicted |
| er/sie/es | wird geschildert haben | he/she/it will have depicted |
| wir | werden geschildert haben | we will have depicted |
| ihr | werdet geschildert haben | you (pl.) will have depicted |
| sie/Sie | werden geschildert haben | they will have depicted |
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 | schilderte |
| du | schildertest |
| er/sie/es | schilderte |
| wir | schilderten |
| ihr | schildertet |
| sie/Sie | schilderten |
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 | schildere |
| ihr | schildert |