wettern — German conjugation
to rant
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 | wettere | I rant |
| du | wetterst | you rant |
| er/sie/es | wettert | he/she/it rants |
| wir | wettern | we rant |
| ihr | wettert | you (pl.) rant |
| sie/Sie | wettern | they rant |
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 | wetterte | I ranted |
| du | wettertest | you ranted |
| er/sie/es | wetterte | he/she/it ranted |
| wir | wetterten | we ranted |
| ihr | wettertet | you (pl.) ranted |
| sie/Sie | wetterten | they ranted |
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 gewettert | I have ranted |
| du | hast gewettert | you have ranted |
| er/sie/es | hat gewettert | he/she/it has ranted |
| wir | haben gewettert | we have ranted |
| ihr | habt gewettert | you (pl.) have ranted |
| sie/Sie | haben gewettert | they have ranted |
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 gewettert | I had ranted |
| du | hattest gewettert | you had ranted |
| er/sie/es | hatte gewettert | he/she/it had ranted |
| wir | hatten gewettert | we had ranted |
| ihr | hattet gewettert | you (pl.) had ranted |
| sie/Sie | hatten gewettert | they had ranted |
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 wettern | I will rant |
| du | wirst wettern | you will rant |
| er/sie/es | wird wettern | he/she/it will rant |
| wir | werden wettern | we will rant |
| ihr | werdet wettern | you (pl.) will rant |
| sie/Sie | werden wettern | they will rant |
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 gewettert haben | I will have ranted |
| du | wirst gewettert haben | you will have ranted |
| er/sie/es | wird gewettert haben | he/she/it will have ranted |
| wir | werden gewettert haben | we will have ranted |
| ihr | werdet gewettert haben | you (pl.) will have ranted |
| sie/Sie | werden gewettert haben | they will have ranted |
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 | wetterte |
| du | wettertest |
| er/sie/es | wetterte |
| wir | wetterten |
| ihr | wettertet |
| sie/Sie | wetterten |
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 | wettere |
| ihr | wettert |