stöhnen — German conjugation
to moan, to groan
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 | stöhne | I moan |
| du | stöhnst | you moan |
| er/sie/es | stöhnt | he/she/it moans |
| wir | stöhnen | we moan |
| ihr | stöhnt | you (pl.) moan |
| sie/Sie | stöhnen | they moan |
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 | stöhnte | I moaned |
| du | stöhntest | you moaned |
| er/sie/es | stöhnte | he/she/it moaned |
| wir | stöhnten | we moaned |
| ihr | stöhntet | you (pl.) moaned |
| sie/Sie | stöhnten | they moaned |
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 gestöhnt | I have moaned |
| du | hast gestöhnt | you have moaned |
| er/sie/es | hat gestöhnt | he/she/it has moaned |
| wir | haben gestöhnt | we have moaned |
| ihr | habt gestöhnt | you (pl.) have moaned |
| sie/Sie | haben gestöhnt | they have moaned |
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 gestöhnt | I had moaned |
| du | hattest gestöhnt | you had moaned |
| er/sie/es | hatte gestöhnt | he/she/it had moaned |
| wir | hatten gestöhnt | we had moaned |
| ihr | hattet gestöhnt | you (pl.) had moaned |
| sie/Sie | hatten gestöhnt | they had moaned |
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 stöhnen | I will moan |
| du | wirst stöhnen | you will moan |
| er/sie/es | wird stöhnen | he/she/it will moan |
| wir | werden stöhnen | we will moan |
| ihr | werdet stöhnen | you (pl.) will moan |
| sie/Sie | werden stöhnen | they will moan |
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 gestöhnt haben | I will have moaned |
| du | wirst gestöhnt haben | you will have moaned |
| er/sie/es | wird gestöhnt haben | he/she/it will have moaned |
| wir | werden gestöhnt haben | we will have moaned |
| ihr | werdet gestöhnt haben | you (pl.) will have moaned |
| sie/Sie | werden gestöhnt haben | they will have moaned |
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 | stöhnte |
| du | stöhntest |
| er/sie/es | stöhnte |
| wir | stöhnten |
| ihr | stöhntet |
| sie/Sie | stöhnten |
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 | stöhne |
| ihr | stöhnt |