streifen — German conjugation

to stripe

Frequency#467Regular

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
ichstreifeI stripe
dustreifstyou stripe
er/sie/esstreifthe/she/it stripes
wirstreifenwe stripe
ihrstreiftyou (pl.) stripe
sie/Siestreifenthey stripe

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
ichstreifteI striped
dustreiftestyou striped
er/sie/esstreiftehe/she/it striped
wirstreiftenwe striped
ihrstreiftetyou (pl.) striped
sie/Siestreiftenthey striped

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 gestreiftI have striped
duhast gestreiftyou have striped
er/sie/eshat gestreifthe/she/it has striped
wirhaben gestreiftwe have striped
ihrhabt gestreiftyou (pl.) have striped
sie/Siehaben gestreiftthey have striped

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 gestreiftI had striped
duhattest gestreiftyou had striped
er/sie/eshatte gestreifthe/she/it had striped
wirhatten gestreiftwe had striped
ihrhattet gestreiftyou (pl.) had striped
sie/Siehatten gestreiftthey had striped

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 streifenI will stripe
duwirst streifenyou will stripe
er/sie/eswird streifenhe/she/it will stripe
wirwerden streifenwe will stripe
ihrwerdet streifenyou (pl.) will stripe
sie/Siewerden streifenthey will stripe

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 gestreift habenI will have striped
duwirst gestreift habenyou will have striped
er/sie/eswird gestreift habenhe/she/it will have striped
wirwerden gestreift habenwe will have striped
ihrwerdet gestreift habenyou (pl.) will have striped
sie/Siewerden gestreift habenthey will have striped

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
ichstreifte
dustreiftest
er/sie/esstreifte
wirstreiften
ihrstreiftet
sie/Siestreiften

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
dustreife
ihrstreift