stopfen — German conjugation
to stuff, to plug
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 | stopfe | I stuff |
| du | stopfst | you stuff |
| er/sie/es | stopft | he/she/it stuffs |
| wir | stopfen | we stuff |
| ihr | stopft | you (pl.) stuff |
| sie/Sie | stopfen | they stuff |
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 | stopfte | I stuffed |
| du | stopftest | you stuffed |
| er/sie/es | stopfte | he/she/it stuffed |
| wir | stopften | we stuffed |
| ihr | stopftet | you (pl.) stuffed |
| sie/Sie | stopften | they stuffed |
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 gestopft | I have stuffed |
| du | hast gestopft | you have stuffed |
| er/sie/es | hat gestopft | he/she/it has stuffed |
| wir | haben gestopft | we have stuffed |
| ihr | habt gestopft | you (pl.) have stuffed |
| sie/Sie | haben gestopft | they have stuffed |
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 gestopft | I had stuffed |
| du | hattest gestopft | you had stuffed |
| er/sie/es | hatte gestopft | he/she/it had stuffed |
| wir | hatten gestopft | we had stuffed |
| ihr | hattet gestopft | you (pl.) had stuffed |
| sie/Sie | hatten gestopft | they had stuffed |
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 stopfen | I will stuff |
| du | wirst stopfen | you will stuff |
| er/sie/es | wird stopfen | he/she/it will stuff |
| wir | werden stopfen | we will stuff |
| ihr | werdet stopfen | you (pl.) will stuff |
| sie/Sie | werden stopfen | they will stuff |
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 gestopft haben | I will have stuffed |
| du | wirst gestopft haben | you will have stuffed |
| er/sie/es | wird gestopft haben | he/she/it will have stuffed |
| wir | werden gestopft haben | we will have stuffed |
| ihr | werdet gestopft haben | you (pl.) will have stuffed |
| sie/Sie | werden gestopft haben | they will have stuffed |
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 | stopfte |
| du | stopftest |
| er/sie/es | stopfte |
| wir | stopften |
| ihr | stopftet |
| sie/Sie | stopften |
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 | stopfe |
| ihr | stopft |