schummeln — German conjugation
to cheat (in games)
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 | schummele | I cheat |
| du | schummelst | you cheat |
| er/sie/es | schummelt | he/she/it cheats |
| wir | schummeln | we cheat |
| ihr | schummelt | you (pl.) cheat |
| sie/Sie | schummeln | they cheat |
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 | schummelte | I cheated |
| du | schummeltest | you cheated |
| er/sie/es | schummelte | he/she/it cheated |
| wir | schummelten | we cheated |
| ihr | schummeltet | you (pl.) cheated |
| sie/Sie | schummelten | they cheated |
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 geschummelt | I have cheated |
| du | hast geschummelt | you have cheated |
| er/sie/es | hat geschummelt | he/she/it has cheated |
| wir | haben geschummelt | we have cheated |
| ihr | habt geschummelt | you (pl.) have cheated |
| sie/Sie | haben geschummelt | they have cheated |
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 geschummelt | I had cheated |
| du | hattest geschummelt | you had cheated |
| er/sie/es | hatte geschummelt | he/she/it had cheated |
| wir | hatten geschummelt | we had cheated |
| ihr | hattet geschummelt | you (pl.) had cheated |
| sie/Sie | hatten geschummelt | they had cheated |
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 schummeln | I will cheat |
| du | wirst schummeln | you will cheat |
| er/sie/es | wird schummeln | he/she/it will cheat |
| wir | werden schummeln | we will cheat |
| ihr | werdet schummeln | you (pl.) will cheat |
| sie/Sie | werden schummeln | they will cheat |
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 geschummelt haben | I will have cheated |
| du | wirst geschummelt haben | you will have cheated |
| er/sie/es | wird geschummelt haben | he/she/it will have cheated |
| wir | werden geschummelt haben | we will have cheated |
| ihr | werdet geschummelt haben | you (pl.) will have cheated |
| sie/Sie | werden geschummelt haben | they will have cheated |
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 | schummelte |
| du | schummeltest |
| er/sie/es | schummelte |
| wir | schummelten |
| ihr | schummeltet |
| sie/Sie | schummelten |
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 | schummele |
| ihr | schummelt |