stottern — German conjugation

to stutter

Frequency#1358Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichstottereI stutter
dustotterstyou stutter
er/sie/esstotterthe/she/it stutters
wirstotternwe stutter
ihrstottertyou (pl.) stutter
sie/Siestotternthey stutter

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichstotterteI stuttered
dustottertestyou stuttered
er/sie/esstottertehe/she/it stuttered
wirstottertenwe stuttered
ihrstottertetyou (pl.) stuttered
sie/Siestottertenthey stuttered

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gestottertI have stuttered
duhast gestottertyou have stuttered
er/sie/eshat gestotterthe/she/it has stuttered
wirhaben gestottertwe have stuttered
ihrhabt gestottertyou (pl.) have stuttered
sie/Siehaben gestottertthey have stuttered

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gestottertI had stuttered
duhattest gestottertyou had stuttered
er/sie/eshatte gestotterthe/she/it had stuttered
wirhatten gestottertwe had stuttered
ihrhattet gestottertyou (pl.) had stuttered
sie/Siehatten gestottertthey had stuttered

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde stotternI will stutter
duwirst stotternyou will stutter
er/sie/eswird stotternhe/she/it will stutter
wirwerden stotternwe will stutter
ihrwerdet stotternyou (pl.) will stutter
sie/Siewerden stotternthey will stutter

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gestottert habenI will have stuttered
duwirst gestottert habenyou will have stuttered
er/sie/eswird gestottert habenhe/she/it will have stuttered
wirwerden gestottert habenwe will have stuttered
ihrwerdet gestottert habenyou (pl.) will have stuttered
sie/Siewerden gestottert habenthey will have stuttered

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?

PronounGerman
ichstotterte
dustottertest
er/sie/esstotterte
wirstotterten
ihrstottertet
sie/Siestotterten

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.

PronounGerman
dustottere
ihrstottert