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Conjugation of the German verb schaukeln

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb schaukeln, along with their English translations.

Infinitive		Scored
schaukeln	to sway

Present		Scored
ich schaukele	I sway
du schaukelst	you sway
er schaukelt	he sways
sie schaukelt	she sways
wir schaukeln	we sway
ihr schaukelt	you sway
sie schaukeln	they sway

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich schaukelte	I swayed
du schaukeltest	you swayed
er schaukelte	he swayed
sie schaukelte	she swayed
wir schaukelten	we swayed
ihr schaukeltet	you swayed
sie schaukelten	they swayed

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe geschaukelt	I swayed
du hast geschaukelt	you swayed
er hat geschaukelt	he swayed
es hat geschaukelt	she swayed
wir haben geschaukelt	we swayed
ihr habt geschaukelt	you swayed
sie haben geschaukelt	they swayed

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte geschaukelt	I had swayed
du hattest geschaukelt	you had swayed
er hatte geschaukelt	he had swayed
es hatte geschaukelt	she had swayed
wir hatten geschaukelt	we had swayed
ihr hattet geschaukelt	you had swayed
sie hatten geschaukelt	they had swayed

Future		Scored
ich werde schaukeln	I will sway
du wirst schaukeln	you will sway
er wird schaukeln	he will sway
sie wird schaukeln	she will sway
wir werden schaukeln	we will sway
ihr werdet schaukeln	you will sway
sie werden schaukeln	they will sway

Future Perfect / Futur II The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.		Scored
ich werde geschaukelt haben	I will have swayed
du wirst geschaukelt haben	you will have swayed
er wird geschaukelt haben	he will have swayed
es wird geschaukelt haben	she will have swayed
wir werden geschaukelt haben	we will have swayed
ihr werdet geschaukelt haben	you will have swayed
sie werden geschaukelt haben	they will have swayed

Conditional		Scored
ich würde schaukeln	I would sway
du würdest schaukeln	you would sway
er würde schaukeln	he would sway
sie würde schaukeln	she would sway
wir würden schaukeln	we would sway
ihr würdet schaukeln	you would sway
sie würden schaukeln	they would sway

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.		Scored
ich hätte geschaukelt	I would have swayed
du hättest geschaukelt	you would have swayed
er hätte geschaukelt	he would have swayed
es hätte geschaukelt	she would have swayed
wir hätten geschaukelt	we would have swayed
ihr hättet geschaukelt	you would have swayed
sie hätten geschaukelt	they would have swayed

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich schaukelte	I would sway
du schaukeltest	you would sway
er schaukelte	he would sway
sie schaukelte	she would sway
wir schaukelten	we would sway
ihr schaukeltet	you would sway
sie schaukelten	they would sway

Imperative		Scored
schaukel	Sway
schaukeln wir	Let's sway
schaukelt	Sway

Present Participle		Scored
schaukelnd	swaying

Past Participle		Scored
geschaukelt	swayed

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