stricken — German conjugation

to knit

Frequency#1260Regular

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
ichstrickeI knit
dustrickstyou knit
er/sie/esstrickthe/she/it knits
wirstrickenwe knit
ihrstricktyou (pl.) knit
sie/Siestrickenthey knit

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
ichstrickteI knitted
dustricktestyou knitted
er/sie/esstricktehe/she/it knitted
wirstricktenwe knitted
ihrstricktetyou (pl.) knitted
sie/Siestricktenthey knitted

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 gestricktI have knitted
duhast gestricktyou have knitted
er/sie/eshat gestrickthe/she/it has knitted
wirhaben gestricktwe have knitted
ihrhabt gestricktyou (pl.) have knitted
sie/Siehaben gestricktthey have knitted

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 gestricktI had knitted
duhattest gestricktyou had knitted
er/sie/eshatte gestrickthe/she/it had knitted
wirhatten gestricktwe had knitted
ihrhattet gestricktyou (pl.) had knitted
sie/Siehatten gestricktthey had knitted

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 strickenI will knit
duwirst strickenyou will knit
er/sie/eswird strickenhe/she/it will knit
wirwerden strickenwe will knit
ihrwerdet strickenyou (pl.) will knit
sie/Siewerden strickenthey will knit

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

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
ichstrickte
dustricktest
er/sie/esstrickte
wirstrickten
ihrstricktet
sie/Siestrickten

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
dustricke
ihrstrickt