schmöken — German conjugation
to smoke (Northern German)
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 | schmöke | I smoke |
| du | schmökst | you smoke |
| er/sie/es | schmökt | he/she/it smokes |
| wir | schmöken | we smoke |
| ihr | schmökt | you (pl.) smoke |
| sie/Sie | schmöken | they smoke |
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 | schmökte | I smoked |
| du | schmöktest | you smoked |
| er/sie/es | schmökte | he/she/it smoked |
| wir | schmökten | we smoked |
| ihr | schmöktet | you (pl.) smoked |
| sie/Sie | schmökten | they smoked |
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 geschmökt | I have smoked |
| du | hast geschmökt | you have smoked |
| er/sie/es | hat geschmökt | he/she/it has smoked |
| wir | haben geschmökt | we have smoked |
| ihr | habt geschmökt | you (pl.) have smoked |
| sie/Sie | haben geschmökt | they have smoked |
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 geschmökt | I had smoked |
| du | hattest geschmökt | you had smoked |
| er/sie/es | hatte geschmökt | he/she/it had smoked |
| wir | hatten geschmökt | we had smoked |
| ihr | hattet geschmökt | you (pl.) had smoked |
| sie/Sie | hatten geschmökt | they had smoked |
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 schmöken | I will smoke |
| du | wirst schmöken | you will smoke |
| er/sie/es | wird schmöken | he/she/it will smoke |
| wir | werden schmöken | we will smoke |
| ihr | werdet schmöken | you (pl.) will smoke |
| sie/Sie | werden schmöken | they will smoke |
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 geschmökt haben | I will have smoked |
| du | wirst geschmökt haben | you will have smoked |
| er/sie/es | wird geschmökt haben | he/she/it will have smoked |
| wir | werden geschmökt haben | we will have smoked |
| ihr | werdet geschmökt haben | you (pl.) will have smoked |
| sie/Sie | werden geschmökt haben | they will have smoked |
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 | schmökte |
| du | schmöktest |
| er/sie/es | schmökte |
| wir | schmökten |
| ihr | schmöktet |
| sie/Sie | schmökten |
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 | schmöke |
| ihr | schmökt |