streichen — German conjugation
to paint
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 | streiche | I paint |
| du | streichst | you paint |
| er/sie/es | streicht | he/she/it paints |
| wir | streichen | we paint |
| ihr | streicht | you (pl.) paint |
| sie/Sie | streichen | they paint |
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 | strich | I painted |
| du | strichst | you painted |
| er/sie/es | strich | he/she/it painted |
| wir | strichen | we painted |
| ihr | stricht | you (pl.) painted |
| sie/Sie | strichen | they painted |
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 gestrichen | I have painted |
| du | hast gestrichen | you have painted |
| er/sie/es | hat gestrichen | he/she/it has painted |
| wir | haben gestrichen | we have painted |
| ihr | habt gestrichen | you (pl.) have painted |
| sie/Sie | haben gestrichen | they have painted |
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 gestrichen | I had painted |
| du | hattest gestrichen | you had painted |
| er/sie/es | hatte gestrichen | he/she/it had painted |
| wir | hatten gestrichen | we had painted |
| ihr | hattet gestrichen | you (pl.) had painted |
| sie/Sie | hatten gestrichen | they had painted |
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 streichen | I will paint |
| du | wirst streichen | you will paint |
| er/sie/es | wird streichen | he/she/it will paint |
| wir | werden streichen | we will paint |
| ihr | werdet streichen | you (pl.) will paint |
| sie/Sie | werden streichen | they will paint |
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 gestrichen haben | I will have painted |
| du | wirst gestrichen haben | you will have painted |
| er/sie/es | wird gestrichen haben | he/she/it will have painted |
| wir | werden gestrichen haben | we will have painted |
| ihr | werdet gestrichen haben | you (pl.) will have painted |
| sie/Sie | werden gestrichen haben | they will have painted |
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 | striche |
| du | strichest |
| er/sie/es | striche |
| wir | strichen |
| ihr | strichet |
| sie/Sie | strichen |
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 | streiche |
| ihr | streicht |