ziepen — German conjugation
to pull
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 | ziepe | I pull |
| du | ziepst | you pull |
| er/sie/es | ziept | he/she/it pulls |
| wir | ziepen | we pull |
| ihr | ziept | you (pl.) pull |
| sie/Sie | ziepen | they pull |
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 | ziepte | I pulled |
| du | zieptest | you pulled |
| er/sie/es | ziepte | he/she/it pulled |
| wir | ziepten | we pulled |
| ihr | zieptet | you (pl.) pulled |
| sie/Sie | ziepten | they pulled |
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 geziept | I have pulled |
| du | hast geziept | you have pulled |
| er/sie/es | hat geziept | he/she/it has pulled |
| wir | haben geziept | we have pulled |
| ihr | habt geziept | you (pl.) have pulled |
| sie/Sie | haben geziept | they have pulled |
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 geziept | I had pulled |
| du | hattest geziept | you had pulled |
| er/sie/es | hatte geziept | he/she/it had pulled |
| wir | hatten geziept | we had pulled |
| ihr | hattet geziept | you (pl.) had pulled |
| sie/Sie | hatten geziept | they had pulled |
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 ziepen | I will pull |
| du | wirst ziepen | you will pull |
| er/sie/es | wird ziepen | he/she/it will pull |
| wir | werden ziepen | we will pull |
| ihr | werdet ziepen | you (pl.) will pull |
| sie/Sie | werden ziepen | they will pull |
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 geziept haben | I will have pulled |
| du | wirst geziept haben | you will have pulled |
| er/sie/es | wird geziept haben | he/she/it will have pulled |
| wir | werden geziept haben | we will have pulled |
| ihr | werdet geziept haben | you (pl.) will have pulled |
| sie/Sie | werden geziept haben | they will have pulled |
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 | ziepte |
| du | zieptest |
| er/sie/es | ziepte |
| wir | ziepten |
| ihr | zieptet |
| sie/Sie | ziepten |
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 | ziepe |
| ihr | ziept |