trappeln — German conjugation
to stamp
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 | trappele | I stamp |
| du | trappelst | you stamp |
| er/sie/es | trappelt | he/she/it stamps |
| wir | trappeln | we stamp |
| ihr | trappelt | you (pl.) stamp |
| sie/Sie | trappeln | they stamp |
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 | trappelte | I stamped |
| du | trappeltest | you stamped |
| er/sie/es | trappelte | he/she/it stamped |
| wir | trappelten | we stamped |
| ihr | trappeltet | you (pl.) stamped |
| sie/Sie | trappelten | they stamped |
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 getrappelt | I have stamped |
| du | hast getrappelt | you have stamped |
| er/sie/es | hat getrappelt | he/she/it has stamped |
| wir | haben getrappelt | we have stamped |
| ihr | habt getrappelt | you (pl.) have stamped |
| sie/Sie | haben getrappelt | they have stamped |
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 getrappelt | I had stamped |
| du | hattest getrappelt | you had stamped |
| er/sie/es | hatte getrappelt | he/she/it had stamped |
| wir | hatten getrappelt | we had stamped |
| ihr | hattet getrappelt | you (pl.) had stamped |
| sie/Sie | hatten getrappelt | they had stamped |
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 trappeln | I will stamp |
| du | wirst trappeln | you will stamp |
| er/sie/es | wird trappeln | he/she/it will stamp |
| wir | werden trappeln | we will stamp |
| ihr | werdet trappeln | you (pl.) will stamp |
| sie/Sie | werden trappeln | they will stamp |
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 getrappelt haben | I will have stamped |
| du | wirst getrappelt haben | you will have stamped |
| er/sie/es | wird getrappelt haben | he/she/it will have stamped |
| wir | werden getrappelt haben | we will have stamped |
| ihr | werdet getrappelt haben | you (pl.) will have stamped |
| sie/Sie | werden getrappelt haben | they will have stamped |
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 | trappelte |
| du | trappeltest |
| er/sie/es | trappelte |
| wir | trappelten |
| ihr | trappeltet |
| sie/Sie | trappelten |
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 | trappele |
| ihr | trappelt |