tippen — German conjugation
to type
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 | tippe | I type |
| du | tippst | you type |
| er/sie/es | tippt | he/she/it types |
| wir | tippen | we type |
| ihr | tippt | you (pl.) type |
| sie/Sie | tippen | they type |
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 | tippte | I typed |
| du | tipptest | you typed |
| er/sie/es | tippte | he/she/it typed |
| wir | tippten | we typed |
| ihr | tipptet | you (pl.) typed |
| sie/Sie | tippten | they typed |
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 getippt | I have typed |
| du | hast getippt | you have typed |
| er/sie/es | hat getippt | he/she/it has typed |
| wir | haben getippt | we have typed |
| ihr | habt getippt | you (pl.) have typed |
| sie/Sie | haben getippt | they have typed |
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 getippt | I had typed |
| du | hattest getippt | you had typed |
| er/sie/es | hatte getippt | he/she/it had typed |
| wir | hatten getippt | we had typed |
| ihr | hattet getippt | you (pl.) had typed |
| sie/Sie | hatten getippt | they had typed |
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 tippen | I will type |
| du | wirst tippen | you will type |
| er/sie/es | wird tippen | he/she/it will type |
| wir | werden tippen | we will type |
| ihr | werdet tippen | you (pl.) will type |
| sie/Sie | werden tippen | they will type |
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 getippt haben | I will have typed |
| du | wirst getippt haben | you will have typed |
| er/sie/es | wird getippt haben | he/she/it will have typed |
| wir | werden getippt haben | we will have typed |
| ihr | werdet getippt haben | you (pl.) will have typed |
| sie/Sie | werden getippt haben | they will have typed |
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 | tippte |
| du | tipptest |
| er/sie/es | tippte |
| wir | tippten |
| ihr | tipptet |
| sie/Sie | tippten |
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 | tippe |
| ihr | tippt |