trocknen — German conjugation
to dry (to become dry, cease being wet)
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 | trockne | I dry |
| du | trocknest | you dry |
| er/sie/es | trocknet | he/she/it dries |
| wir | trocknen | we dry |
| ihr | trocknet | you (pl.) dry |
| sie/Sie | trocknen | they dry |
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 | trocknete | I dried |
| du | trocknetest | you dried |
| er/sie/es | trocknete | he/she/it dried |
| wir | trockneten | we dried |
| ihr | trocknetet | you (pl.) dried |
| sie/Sie | trockneten | they dried |
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 | bin getrocknet | I have dried |
| du | bist getrocknet | you have dried |
| er/sie/es | ist getrocknet | he/she/it has dried |
| wir | sind getrocknet | we have dried |
| ihr | seid getrocknet | you (pl.) have dried |
| sie/Sie | sind getrocknet | they have dried |
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 | war getrocknet | I had dried |
| du | warst getrocknet | you had dried |
| er/sie/es | war getrocknet | he/she/it had dried |
| wir | waren getrocknet | we had dried |
| ihr | wart getrocknet | you (pl.) had dried |
| sie/Sie | waren getrocknet | they had dried |
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 trocknen | I will dry |
| du | wirst trocknen | you will dry |
| er/sie/es | wird trocknen | he/she/it will dry |
| wir | werden trocknen | we will dry |
| ihr | werdet trocknen | you (pl.) will dry |
| sie/Sie | werden trocknen | they will dry |
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 getrocknet sein | I will have dried |
| du | wirst getrocknet sein | you will have dried |
| er/sie/es | wird getrocknet sein | he/she/it will have dried |
| wir | werden getrocknet sein | we will have dried |
| ihr | werdet getrocknet sein | you (pl.) will have dried |
| sie/Sie | werden getrocknet sein | they will have dried |
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 | trocknete |
| du | trocknetest |
| er/sie/es | trocknete |
| wir | trockneten |
| ihr | trocknetet |
| sie/Sie | trockneten |
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 | trockne |
| ihr | trocknet |