vibrieren — German conjugation
to vibrate
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 | vibriere | I vibrate |
| du | vibrierst | you vibrate |
| er/sie/es | vibriert | he/she/it vibrates |
| wir | vibrieren | we vibrate |
| ihr | vibriert | you (pl.) vibrate |
| sie/Sie | vibrieren | they vibrate |
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 | vibrierte | I vibrated |
| du | vibriertest | you vibrated |
| er/sie/es | vibrierte | he/she/it vibrated |
| wir | vibrierten | we vibrated |
| ihr | vibriertet | you (pl.) vibrated |
| sie/Sie | vibrierten | they vibrated |
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 vibriert | I have vibrated |
| du | hast vibriert | you have vibrated |
| er/sie/es | hat vibriert | he/she/it has vibrated |
| wir | haben vibriert | we have vibrated |
| ihr | habt vibriert | you (pl.) have vibrated |
| sie/Sie | haben vibriert | they have vibrated |
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 vibriert | I had vibrated |
| du | hattest vibriert | you had vibrated |
| er/sie/es | hatte vibriert | he/she/it had vibrated |
| wir | hatten vibriert | we had vibrated |
| ihr | hattet vibriert | you (pl.) had vibrated |
| sie/Sie | hatten vibriert | they had vibrated |
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 vibrieren | I will vibrate |
| du | wirst vibrieren | you will vibrate |
| er/sie/es | wird vibrieren | he/she/it will vibrate |
| wir | werden vibrieren | we will vibrate |
| ihr | werdet vibrieren | you (pl.) will vibrate |
| sie/Sie | werden vibrieren | they will vibrate |
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 vibriert haben | I will have vibrated |
| du | wirst vibriert haben | you will have vibrated |
| er/sie/es | wird vibriert haben | he/she/it will have vibrated |
| wir | werden vibriert haben | we will have vibrated |
| ihr | werdet vibriert haben | you (pl.) will have vibrated |
| sie/Sie | werden vibriert haben | they will have vibrated |
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 | vibrierte |
| du | vibriertest |
| er/sie/es | vibrierte |
| wir | vibrierten |
| ihr | vibriertet |
| sie/Sie | vibrierten |
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 | vibriere |
| ihr | vibriert |