spleißen — German conjugation
to splice
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | spleiße | I splice |
| du | spleißt | you splice |
| er/sie/es | spleißt | he/she/it splices |
| wir | spleißen | we splice |
| ihr | spleißt | you (pl.) splice |
| sie/Sie | spleißen | they splice |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | spliss | I spliced |
| du | splissest | you spliced |
| er/sie/es | spliss | he/she/it spliced |
| wir | splissen | we spliced |
| ihr | splisst | you (pl.) spliced |
| sie/Sie | splissen | they spliced |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 gesplissen | I have spliced |
| du | hast gesplissen | you have spliced |
| er/sie/es | hat gesplissen | he/she/it has spliced |
| wir | haben gesplissen | we have spliced |
| ihr | habt gesplissen | you (pl.) have spliced |
| sie/Sie | haben gesplissen | they have spliced |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 gesplissen | I had spliced |
| du | hattest gesplissen | you had spliced |
| er/sie/es | hatte gesplissen | he/she/it had spliced |
| wir | hatten gesplissen | we had spliced |
| ihr | hattet gesplissen | you (pl.) had spliced |
| sie/Sie | hatten gesplissen | they had spliced |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 spleißen | I will splice |
| du | wirst spleißen | you will splice |
| er/sie/es | wird spleißen | he/she/it will splice |
| wir | werden spleißen | we will splice |
| ihr | werdet spleißen | you (pl.) will splice |
| sie/Sie | werden spleißen | they will splice |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 gesplissen haben | I will have spliced |
| du | wirst gesplissen haben | you will have spliced |
| er/sie/es | wird gesplissen haben | he/she/it will have spliced |
| wir | werden gesplissen haben | we will have spliced |
| ihr | werdet gesplissen haben | you (pl.) will have spliced |
| sie/Sie | werden gesplissen haben | they will have spliced |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | splisse |
| du | splissest |
| er/sie/es | splisse |
| wir | splissen |
| ihr | splisset |
| sie/Sie | splissen |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | spleiße |
| ihr | spleißt |