streifen — German conjugation
to stripe
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 | streife | I stripe |
| du | streifst | you stripe |
| er/sie/es | streift | he/she/it stripes |
| wir | streifen | we stripe |
| ihr | streift | you (pl.) stripe |
| sie/Sie | streifen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | streifte | I striped |
| du | streiftest | you striped |
| er/sie/es | streifte | he/she/it striped |
| wir | streiften | we striped |
| ihr | streiftet | you (pl.) striped |
| sie/Sie | streiften | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe gestreift | I have striped |
| du | hast gestreift | you have striped |
| er/sie/es | hat gestreift | he/she/it has striped |
| wir | haben gestreift | we have striped |
| ihr | habt gestreift | you (pl.) have striped |
| sie/Sie | haben gestreift | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte gestreift | I had striped |
| du | hattest gestreift | you had striped |
| er/sie/es | hatte gestreift | he/she/it had striped |
| wir | hatten gestreift | we had striped |
| ihr | hattet gestreift | you (pl.) had striped |
| sie/Sie | hatten gestreift | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde streifen | I will stripe |
| du | wirst streifen | you will stripe |
| er/sie/es | wird streifen | he/she/it will stripe |
| wir | werden streifen | we will stripe |
| ihr | werdet streifen | you (pl.) will stripe |
| sie/Sie | werden streifen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde gestreift haben | I will have striped |
| du | wirst gestreift haben | you will have striped |
| er/sie/es | wird gestreift haben | he/she/it will have striped |
| wir | werden gestreift haben | we will have striped |
| ihr | werdet gestreift haben | you (pl.) will have striped |
| sie/Sie | werden gestreift haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | streifte |
| du | streiftest |
| er/sie/es | streifte |
| wir | streiften |
| ihr | streiftet |
| sie/Sie | streiften |
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 | streife |
| ihr | streift |