schnallen — German conjugation
to buckle
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 | schnalle | I buckle |
| du | schnallst | you buckle |
| er/sie/es | schnallt | he/she/it buckles |
| wir | schnallen | we buckle |
| ihr | schnallt | you (pl.) buckle |
| sie/Sie | schnallen | they buckle |
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 | schnallte | I buckled |
| du | schnalltest | you buckled |
| er/sie/es | schnallte | he/she/it buckled |
| wir | schnallten | we buckled |
| ihr | schnalltet | you (pl.) buckled |
| sie/Sie | schnallten | they buckled |
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 geschnallt | I have buckled |
| du | hast geschnallt | you have buckled |
| er/sie/es | hat geschnallt | he/she/it has buckled |
| wir | haben geschnallt | we have buckled |
| ihr | habt geschnallt | you (pl.) have buckled |
| sie/Sie | haben geschnallt | they have buckled |
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 geschnallt | I had buckled |
| du | hattest geschnallt | you had buckled |
| er/sie/es | hatte geschnallt | he/she/it had buckled |
| wir | hatten geschnallt | we had buckled |
| ihr | hattet geschnallt | you (pl.) had buckled |
| sie/Sie | hatten geschnallt | they had buckled |
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 schnallen | I will buckle |
| du | wirst schnallen | you will buckle |
| er/sie/es | wird schnallen | he/she/it will buckle |
| wir | werden schnallen | we will buckle |
| ihr | werdet schnallen | you (pl.) will buckle |
| sie/Sie | werden schnallen | they will buckle |
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 geschnallt haben | I will have buckled |
| du | wirst geschnallt haben | you will have buckled |
| er/sie/es | wird geschnallt haben | he/she/it will have buckled |
| wir | werden geschnallt haben | we will have buckled |
| ihr | werdet geschnallt haben | you (pl.) will have buckled |
| sie/Sie | werden geschnallt haben | they will have buckled |
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 | schnallte |
| du | schnalltest |
| er/sie/es | schnallte |
| wir | schnallten |
| ihr | schnalltet |
| sie/Sie | schnallten |
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 | schnalle |
| ihr | schnallt |