sprengen — German conjugation
to blow up
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 | sprenge | I blow up |
| du | sprengst | you blow up |
| er/sie/es | sprengt | he/she/it blows up |
| wir | sprengen | we blow up |
| ihr | sprengt | you (pl.) blow up |
| sie/Sie | sprengen | they blow up |
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 | sprengte | I blew up |
| du | sprengtest | you blew up |
| er/sie/es | sprengte | he/she/it blew up |
| wir | sprengten | we blew up |
| ihr | sprengtet | you (pl.) blew up |
| sie/Sie | sprengten | they blew up |
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 gesprengt | I have blown up |
| du | hast gesprengt | you have blown up |
| er/sie/es | hat gesprengt | he/she/it has blown up |
| wir | haben gesprengt | we have blown up |
| ihr | habt gesprengt | you (pl.) have blown up |
| sie/Sie | haben gesprengt | they have blown up |
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 gesprengt | I had blown up |
| du | hattest gesprengt | you had blown up |
| er/sie/es | hatte gesprengt | he/she/it had blown up |
| wir | hatten gesprengt | we had blown up |
| ihr | hattet gesprengt | you (pl.) had blown up |
| sie/Sie | hatten gesprengt | they had blown up |
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 sprengen | I will blow up |
| du | wirst sprengen | you will blow up |
| er/sie/es | wird sprengen | he/she/it will blow up |
| wir | werden sprengen | we will blow up |
| ihr | werdet sprengen | you (pl.) will blow up |
| sie/Sie | werden sprengen | they will blow up |
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 gesprengt haben | I will have blown up |
| du | wirst gesprengt haben | you will have blown up |
| er/sie/es | wird gesprengt haben | he/she/it will have blown up |
| wir | werden gesprengt haben | we will have blown up |
| ihr | werdet gesprengt haben | you (pl.) will have blown up |
| sie/Sie | werden gesprengt haben | they will have blown up |
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 | sprengte |
| du | sprengtest |
| er/sie/es | sprengte |
| wir | sprengten |
| ihr | sprengtet |
| sie/Sie | sprengten |
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 | sprenge |
| ihr | sprengt |