weinen — German conjugation

to cry

Frequency#107Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichweineI cry
duweinstyou cry
er/sie/esweinthe/she/it cries
wirweinenwe cry
ihrweintyou (pl.) cry
sie/Sieweinenthey cry

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichweinteI cried
duweintestyou cried
er/sie/esweintehe/she/it cried
wirweintenwe cried
ihrweintetyou (pl.) cried
sie/Sieweintenthey cried

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe geweintI have cried
duhast geweintyou have cried
er/sie/eshat geweinthe/she/it has cried
wirhaben geweintwe have cried
ihrhabt geweintyou (pl.) have cried
sie/Siehaben geweintthey have cried

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte geweintI had cried
duhattest geweintyou had cried
er/sie/eshatte geweinthe/she/it had cried
wirhatten geweintwe had cried
ihrhattet geweintyou (pl.) had cried
sie/Siehatten geweintthey had cried

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde weinenI will cry
duwirst weinenyou will cry
er/sie/eswird weinenhe/she/it will cry
wirwerden weinenwe will cry
ihrwerdet weinenyou (pl.) will cry
sie/Siewerden weinenthey will cry

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde geweint habenI will have cried
duwirst geweint habenyou will have cried
er/sie/eswird geweint habenhe/she/it will have cried
wirwerden geweint habenwe will have cried
ihrwerdet geweint habenyou (pl.) will have cried
sie/Siewerden geweint habenthey will have cried

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?

PronounGerman
ichweinte
duweintest
er/sie/esweinte
wirweinten
ihrweintet
sie/Sieweinten

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.

PronounGerman
duweine
ihrweint