schlickern — German conjugation

to splash

Frequency#2128Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichschlickereI splash
duschlickerstyou splash
er/sie/esschlickerthe/she/it splashes
wirschlickernwe splash
ihrschlickertyou (pl.) splash
sie/Sieschlickernthey splash

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichschlickerteI splashed
duschlickertestyou splashed
er/sie/esschlickertehe/she/it splashed
wirschlickertenwe splashed
ihrschlickertetyou (pl.) splashed
sie/Sieschlickertenthey splashed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe geschlickertI have splashed
duhast geschlickertyou have splashed
er/sie/eshat geschlickerthe/she/it has splashed
wirhaben geschlickertwe have splashed
ihrhabt geschlickertyou (pl.) have splashed
sie/Siehaben geschlickertthey have splashed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte geschlickertI had splashed
duhattest geschlickertyou had splashed
er/sie/eshatte geschlickerthe/she/it had splashed
wirhatten geschlickertwe had splashed
ihrhattet geschlickertyou (pl.) had splashed
sie/Siehatten geschlickertthey had splashed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde schlickernI will splash
duwirst schlickernyou will splash
er/sie/eswird schlickernhe/she/it will splash
wirwerden schlickernwe will splash
ihrwerdet schlickernyou (pl.) will splash
sie/Siewerden schlickernthey will splash

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde geschlickert habenI will have splashed
duwirst geschlickert habenyou will have splashed
er/sie/eswird geschlickert habenhe/she/it will have splashed
wirwerden geschlickert habenwe will have splashed
ihrwerdet geschlickert habenyou (pl.) will have splashed
sie/Siewerden geschlickert habenthey will have splashed

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?

PronounGerman
ichschlickerte
duschlickertest
er/sie/esschlickerte
wirschlickerten
ihrschlickertet
sie/Sieschlickerten

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.

PronounGerman
duschlickere
ihrschlickert