Präsenspresent
| ich | |
|---|---|
| du | |
| er/sie/es | regnet |
| wir | |
| ihr | |
| sie/Sie |
More on this: The present tense
Conjugation of regnen
- Meaning to rain
- Level A1
- Pattern regular (-en) · conjugated like machen
- Auxiliary haben
What is special about this verb
- After -t, -d and some consonant clusters an -e- comes before the ending: None. → The present tense
- Used almost only in the third person: regnet. → Impersonal verbs: es regnet
- From the word list: Only ever with "es" as its subject.
Bold and underlined: the ending. ◆ marks a form that breaks the rule.
Indicative
Präteritumsimple past
| ich | |
|---|---|
| du | |
| er/sie/es | regnete |
| wir | |
| ihr | |
| sie/Sie |
More on this: Simple past (Präteritum)
Perfektperfect
| ich | |
|---|---|
| du | |
| er/sie/es | hat geregnet |
| wir | |
| ihr | |
| sie/Sie |
More on this: Perfect tense (Perfekt) · haben or sein in the perfect
Plusquamperfektpast perfect
| ich | |
|---|---|
| du | |
| er/sie/es | hatte geregnet |
| wir | |
| ihr | |
| sie/Sie |
More on this: Past perfect (Plusquamperfekt)
Futur Ifuture
| ich | |
|---|---|
| du | |
| er/sie/es | wird regnen |
| wir | |
| ihr | |
| sie/Sie |
More on this: The future
Futur IIfuture perfect
| ich | |
|---|---|
| du | |
| er/sie/es | wird geregnet haben |
| wir | |
| ihr | |
| sie/Sie |
More on this: Future perfect (Futur II)
Subjunctive (Konjunktiv)
Konjunktiv Isubjunctive I, reported speech
| ich | |
|---|---|
| du | |
| er/sie/es | regne |
| wir | |
| ihr | |
| sie/Sie |
More on this: Subjunctive I: reported speech
Konjunktiv IIsubjunctive II, the unreal
| ich | |
|---|---|
| du | |
| er/sie/es | regnete |
| wir | |
| ihr | |
| sie/Sie |
More on this: Subjunctive II: hätte, würde
Konjunktiv II mit würdesubjunctive II, the unreal
| ich | |
|---|---|
| du | |
| er/sie/es | würde regnen |
| wir | |
| ihr | |
| sie/Sie |
More on this: würde + infinitive
Non-finite forms
Infinitiv und Partizipieninfinitive, gerund, participle
| Infinitiv | regnen |
|---|---|
| Partizip I | regnend |
| Partizip II | geregnet |
| Infinitiv mit zu | zu regnen |
More on this: Building the past participle · Infinitives with zu, and without
Example sentences from the course
Every sentence comes from this course’s word lists or grammar topics. The verb form is highlighted, and the line below says which tense and person it is.
Im Westen regnet es mehr.It rains more in the west.
regnet — Präsens · er/sie/es
Am Tag der Abreise regnete es.It rained on the day of departure.
regnete — Präteritum · er/sie/es; Konjunktiv II · er/sie/es
Wenigstens hat es nicht geregnet.At least it did not rain.
geregnet — Partizip II
Strichweise kann es auch am Abend noch regnen.In a few narrow bands it may still rain in the evening.
regnen — Infinitiv
Es regnet seit heute Morgen.It has been raining since this morning.
regnet — Präsens · er/sie/es
Es regnet seit gestern Abend.It has been raining since yesterday evening.
regnet — Präsens · er/sie/es
A common trap
Wrong Wenn es wird regnen, bleiben wir hier.
Right Wenn es regnet, bleiben wir hier.
German uses the present tense in a conditional clause about the future, exactly as English does in "if it rains" rather than "if it will rain". Adding werden is a double marking of the future and it also breaks the word order, because wird would have to stand last. Two mistakes from one instinct, and both disappear as soon as the present tense is used.
Quick practice
5 gaps, first from the example sentences above, then from the table. Every answer counts towards your reviews.
Keep going
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Related grammar topics
The forms are calculated from the rules of the language — twice, in two independent ways — and checked against every hand-written form in this course. The example sentences are the course’s own.