zürnen — German conjugation
to get angry
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 | zürne | I get angry |
| du | zürnst | you get angry |
| er/sie/es | zürnt | he/she/it gets angry |
| wir | zürnen | we get angry |
| ihr | zürnt | you (pl.) get angry |
| sie/Sie | zürnen | they get angry |
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 | zürnte | I got angry |
| du | zürntest | you got angry |
| er/sie/es | zürnte | he/she/it got angry |
| wir | zürnten | we got angry |
| ihr | zürntet | you (pl.) got angry |
| sie/Sie | zürnten | they got angry |
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 gezürnt | I have gotten angry |
| du | hast gezürnt | you have gotten angry |
| er/sie/es | hat gezürnt | he/she/it has gotten angry |
| wir | haben gezürnt | we have gotten angry |
| ihr | habt gezürnt | you (pl.) have gotten angry |
| sie/Sie | haben gezürnt | they have gotten angry |
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 gezürnt | I had gotten angry |
| du | hattest gezürnt | you had gotten angry |
| er/sie/es | hatte gezürnt | he/she/it had gotten angry |
| wir | hatten gezürnt | we had gotten angry |
| ihr | hattet gezürnt | you (pl.) had gotten angry |
| sie/Sie | hatten gezürnt | they had gotten angry |
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 zürnen | I will get angry |
| du | wirst zürnen | you will get angry |
| er/sie/es | wird zürnen | he/she/it will get angry |
| wir | werden zürnen | we will get angry |
| ihr | werdet zürnen | you (pl.) will get angry |
| sie/Sie | werden zürnen | they will get angry |
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 gezürnt haben | I will have gotten angry |
| du | wirst gezürnt haben | you will have gotten angry |
| er/sie/es | wird gezürnt haben | he/she/it will have gotten angry |
| wir | werden gezürnt haben | we will have gotten angry |
| ihr | werdet gezürnt haben | you (pl.) will have gotten angry |
| sie/Sie | werden gezürnt haben | they will have gotten angry |
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 | zürnte |
| du | zürntest |
| er/sie/es | zürnte |
| wir | zürnten |
| ihr | zürntet |
| sie/Sie | zürnten |
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 | zürne |
| ihr | zürnt |