vorgaukeln — German conjugation
to deceive
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 | gaukele vor | I deceive |
| du | gaukelst vor | you deceive |
| er/sie/es | gaukelt vor | he/she/it deceives |
| wir | gaukeln vor | we deceive |
| ihr | gaukelt vor | you (pl.) deceive |
| sie/Sie | gaukeln vor | they deceive |
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 | gaukelte vor | I deceived |
| du | gaukeltest vor | you deceived |
| er/sie/es | gaukelte vor | he/she/it deceived |
| wir | gaukelten vor | we deceived |
| ihr | gaukeltet vor | you (pl.) deceived |
| sie/Sie | gaukelten vor | they deceived |
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 vorgegaukelt | I have deceived |
| du | hast vorgegaukelt | you have deceived |
| er/sie/es | hat vorgegaukelt | he/she/it has deceived |
| wir | haben vorgegaukelt | we have deceived |
| ihr | habt vorgegaukelt | you (pl.) have deceived |
| sie/Sie | haben vorgegaukelt | they have deceived |
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 vorgegaukelt | I had deceived |
| du | hattest vorgegaukelt | you had deceived |
| er/sie/es | hatte vorgegaukelt | he/she/it had deceived |
| wir | hatten vorgegaukelt | we had deceived |
| ihr | hattet vorgegaukelt | you (pl.) had deceived |
| sie/Sie | hatten vorgegaukelt | they had deceived |
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 vorgaukeln | I will deceive |
| du | wirst vorgaukeln | you will deceive |
| er/sie/es | wird vorgaukeln | he/she/it will deceive |
| wir | werden vorgaukeln | we will deceive |
| ihr | werdet vorgaukeln | you (pl.) will deceive |
| sie/Sie | werden vorgaukeln | they will deceive |
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 vorgegaukelt haben | I will have deceived |
| du | wirst vorgegaukelt haben | you will have deceived |
| er/sie/es | wird vorgegaukelt haben | he/she/it will have deceived |
| wir | werden vorgegaukelt haben | we will have deceived |
| ihr | werdet vorgegaukelt haben | you (pl.) will have deceived |
| sie/Sie | werden vorgegaukelt haben | they will have deceived |
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 | gaukelte vor |
| du | gaukeltest vor |
| er/sie/es | gaukelte vor |
| wir | gaukelten vor |
| ihr | gaukeltet vor |
| sie/Sie | gaukelten vor |
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 | gaukele vor |
| ihr | gaukelt vor |