schleppen — German conjugation
to drag
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 | schleppe | I drag |
| du | schleppst | you drag |
| er/sie/es | schleppt | he/she/it drags |
| wir | schleppen | we drag |
| ihr | schleppt | you (pl.) drag |
| sie/Sie | schleppen | they drag |
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 | schleppte | I dragged |
| du | schlepptest | you dragged |
| er/sie/es | schleppte | he/she/it dragged |
| wir | schleppten | we dragged |
| ihr | schlepptet | you (pl.) dragged |
| sie/Sie | schleppten | they dragged |
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 geschleppt | I have dragged |
| du | hast geschleppt | you have dragged |
| er/sie/es | hat geschleppt | he/she/it has dragged |
| wir | haben geschleppt | we have dragged |
| ihr | habt geschleppt | you (pl.) have dragged |
| sie/Sie | haben geschleppt | they have dragged |
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 geschleppt | I had dragged |
| du | hattest geschleppt | you had dragged |
| er/sie/es | hatte geschleppt | he/she/it had dragged |
| wir | hatten geschleppt | we had dragged |
| ihr | hattet geschleppt | you (pl.) had dragged |
| sie/Sie | hatten geschleppt | they had dragged |
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 schleppen | I will drag |
| du | wirst schleppen | you will drag |
| er/sie/es | wird schleppen | he/she/it will drag |
| wir | werden schleppen | we will drag |
| ihr | werdet schleppen | you (pl.) will drag |
| sie/Sie | werden schleppen | they will drag |
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 geschleppt haben | I will have dragged |
| du | wirst geschleppt haben | you will have dragged |
| er/sie/es | wird geschleppt haben | he/she/it will have dragged |
| wir | werden geschleppt haben | we will have dragged |
| ihr | werdet geschleppt haben | you (pl.) will have dragged |
| sie/Sie | werden geschleppt haben | they will have dragged |
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 | schleppte |
| du | schlepptest |
| er/sie/es | schleppte |
| wir | schleppten |
| ihr | schlepptet |
| sie/Sie | schleppten |
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 | schleppe |
| ihr | schleppt |