stinken — German conjugation
to stink
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 | stinke | I stink |
| du | stinkst | you stink |
| er/sie/es | stinkt | he/she/it stinks |
| wir | stinken | we stink |
| ihr | stinkt | you (pl.) stink |
| sie/Sie | stinken | they stink |
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 | stank | I stank |
| du | stankst | you stank |
| er/sie/es | stank | he/she/it stank |
| wir | stanken | we stank |
| ihr | stankt | you (pl.) stank |
| sie/Sie | stanken | they stank |
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 gestunken | I have stunk |
| du | hast gestunken | you have stunk |
| er/sie/es | hat gestunken | he/she/it has stunk |
| wir | haben gestunken | we have stunk |
| ihr | habt gestunken | you (pl.) have stunk |
| sie/Sie | haben gestunken | they have stunk |
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 gestunken | I had stunk |
| du | hattest gestunken | you had stunk |
| er/sie/es | hatte gestunken | he/she/it had stunk |
| wir | hatten gestunken | we had stunk |
| ihr | hattet gestunken | you (pl.) had stunk |
| sie/Sie | hatten gestunken | they had stunk |
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 stinken | I will stink |
| du | wirst stinken | you will stink |
| er/sie/es | wird stinken | he/she/it will stink |
| wir | werden stinken | we will stink |
| ihr | werdet stinken | you (pl.) will stink |
| sie/Sie | werden stinken | they will stink |
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 gestunken haben | I will have stunk |
| du | wirst gestunken haben | you will have stunk |
| er/sie/es | wird gestunken haben | he/she/it will have stunk |
| wir | werden gestunken haben | we will have stunk |
| ihr | werdet gestunken haben | you (pl.) will have stunk |
| sie/Sie | werden gestunken haben | they will have stunk |
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 | stänke |
| du | stänkest |
| er/sie/es | stänke |
| wir | stänken |
| ihr | stänket |
| sie/Sie | stänken |
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 | stinke |
| ihr | stinkt |