schmulen — German conjugation
to peek, to crib (regional school slang)
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 | schmule | I peek |
| du | schmulst | you peek |
| er/sie/es | schmult | he/she/it peeks |
| wir | schmulen | we peek |
| ihr | schmult | you (pl.) peek |
| sie/Sie | schmulen | they peek |
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 | schmulte | I peeked |
| du | schmultest | you peeked |
| er/sie/es | schmulte | he/she/it peeked |
| wir | schmulten | we peeked |
| ihr | schmultet | you (pl.) peeked |
| sie/Sie | schmulten | they peeked |
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 geschmult | I have peeked |
| du | hast geschmult | you have peeked |
| er/sie/es | hat geschmult | he/she/it has peeked |
| wir | haben geschmult | we have peeked |
| ihr | habt geschmult | you (pl.) have peeked |
| sie/Sie | haben geschmult | they have peeked |
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 geschmult | I had peeked |
| du | hattest geschmult | you had peeked |
| er/sie/es | hatte geschmult | he/she/it had peeked |
| wir | hatten geschmult | we had peeked |
| ihr | hattet geschmult | you (pl.) had peeked |
| sie/Sie | hatten geschmult | they had peeked |
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 schmulen | I will peek |
| du | wirst schmulen | you will peek |
| er/sie/es | wird schmulen | he/she/it will peek |
| wir | werden schmulen | we will peek |
| ihr | werdet schmulen | you (pl.) will peek |
| sie/Sie | werden schmulen | they will peek |
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 geschmult haben | I will have peeked |
| du | wirst geschmult haben | you will have peeked |
| er/sie/es | wird geschmult haben | he/she/it will have peeked |
| wir | werden geschmult haben | we will have peeked |
| ihr | werdet geschmult haben | you (pl.) will have peeked |
| sie/Sie | werden geschmult haben | they will have peeked |
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 | schmulte |
| du | schmultest |
| er/sie/es | schmulte |
| wir | schmulten |
| ihr | schmultet |
| sie/Sie | schmulten |
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 | schmule |
| ihr | schmult |