sich langweilen — German conjugation
to be bored
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 | langweile mich | I am bored |
| du | langweilst dich | you are bored |
| er/sie/es | langweilt sich | he/she/it is bored |
| wir | langweilen uns | we are bored |
| ihr | langweilt euch | you (pl.) are bored |
| sie/Sie | langweilen sich | they are bored |
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 | langweilte mich | I was bored |
| du | langweiltest dich | you were bored |
| er/sie/es | langweilte sich | he/she/it was bored |
| wir | langweilten uns | we were bored |
| ihr | langweiltet euch | you (pl.) were bored |
| sie/Sie | langweilten sich | they were bored |
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 mich gelangweilt | I have been bored |
| du | hast dich gelangweilt | you have been bored |
| er/sie/es | hat sich gelangweilt | he/she/it has been bored |
| wir | haben uns gelangweilt | we have been bored |
| ihr | habt euch gelangweilt | you (pl.) have been bored |
| sie/Sie | haben sich gelangweilt | they have been bored |
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 mich gelangweilt | I had been bored |
| du | hattest dich gelangweilt | you had been bored |
| er/sie/es | hatte sich gelangweilt | he/she/it had been bored |
| wir | hatten uns gelangweilt | we had been bored |
| ihr | hattet euch gelangweilt | you (pl.) had been bored |
| sie/Sie | hatten sich gelangweilt | they had been bored |
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 mich langweilen | I will be bored |
| du | wirst dich langweilen | you will be bored |
| er/sie/es | wird sich langweilen | he/she/it will be bored |
| wir | werden uns langweilen | we will be bored |
| ihr | werdet euch langweilen | you (pl.) will be bored |
| sie/Sie | werden sich langweilen | they will be bored |
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 mich gelangweilt haben | I will have been bored |
| du | wirst dich gelangweilt haben | you will have been bored |
| er/sie/es | wird sich gelangweilt haben | he/she/it will have been bored |
| wir | werden uns gelangweilt haben | we will have been bored |
| ihr | werdet euch gelangweilt haben | you (pl.) will have been bored |
| sie/Sie | werden sich gelangweilt haben | they will have been bored |
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 | langweilte mich |
| du | langweiltest dich |
| er/sie/es | langweilte sich |
| wir | langweilten uns |
| ihr | langweiltet euch |
| sie/Sie | langweilten sich |
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 | langweile dich |
| ihr | langweilt euch |