schmuggeln — German conjugation

to smuggle

Frequency#1554Regular

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
ichschmuggeleI smuggle
duschmuggelstyou smuggle
er/sie/esschmuggelthe/she/it smuggles
wirschmuggelnwe smuggle
ihrschmuggeltyou (pl.) smuggle
sie/Sieschmuggelnthey smuggle

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
ichschmuggelteI smuggled
duschmuggeltestyou smuggled
er/sie/esschmuggeltehe/she/it smuggled
wirschmuggeltenwe smuggled
ihrschmuggeltetyou (pl.) smuggled
sie/Sieschmuggeltenthey smuggled

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 geschmuggeltI have smuggled
duhast geschmuggeltyou have smuggled
er/sie/eshat geschmuggelthe/she/it has smuggled
wirhaben geschmuggeltwe have smuggled
ihrhabt geschmuggeltyou (pl.) have smuggled
sie/Siehaben geschmuggeltthey have smuggled

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 geschmuggeltI had smuggled
duhattest geschmuggeltyou had smuggled
er/sie/eshatte geschmuggelthe/she/it had smuggled
wirhatten geschmuggeltwe had smuggled
ihrhattet geschmuggeltyou (pl.) had smuggled
sie/Siehatten geschmuggeltthey had smuggled

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 schmuggelnI will smuggle
duwirst schmuggelnyou will smuggle
er/sie/eswird schmuggelnhe/she/it will smuggle
wirwerden schmuggelnwe will smuggle
ihrwerdet schmuggelnyou (pl.) will smuggle
sie/Siewerden schmuggelnthey will smuggle

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 geschmuggelt habenI will have smuggled
duwirst geschmuggelt habenyou will have smuggled
er/sie/eswird geschmuggelt habenhe/she/it will have smuggled
wirwerden geschmuggelt habenwe will have smuggled
ihrwerdet geschmuggelt habenyou (pl.) will have smuggled
sie/Siewerden geschmuggelt habenthey will have smuggled

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
ichschmuggelte
duschmuggeltest
er/sie/esschmuggelte
wirschmuggelten
ihrschmuggeltet
sie/Sieschmuggelten

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
duschmuggele
ihrschmuggelt