kriechen
to crawl or creep
- Past (Präteritum)
- kroch
- Past participle
- gekrochen (sein)
Strong verb, takes sein because it describes a slow, physically demanding mode of locomotion. It is used literally for movement on hands and knees or figuratively for cold or emotions spreading slowly through a body. Be careful not to confuse this with the verb kreischen, which means to screech or shriek and is a weak verb that takes haben.
Conjugation
Present
- kriecht
- present, singular, third-person
- krieche
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- kriechen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- kriechst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- kroch
- past
- krochen
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- krochst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- krocht
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- krieche
- singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person
- kröche
- past, subjunctive
- kriechen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kriechest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kriechet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kröchen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- kröchest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- kröchst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- kröchet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- kröcht
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sei gekrochen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- seien gekrochen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seist gekrochen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest gekrochen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiet gekrochen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäre gekrochen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wären gekrochen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wärst gekrochen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärest gekrochen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärt gekrochen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäret gekrochen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde kriechen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden kriechen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest kriechen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet kriechen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde kriechen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden kriechen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest kriechen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet kriechen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gekrochen sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- kriech
- imperative, second-person, singular
- krieche
- imperative, second-person, singular
- kriecht
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gekrochen
- participle, past
- kriechend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- kriechen
- infinitive
Other
- bin gekrochen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- sind gekrochen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- bist gekrochen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- seid gekrochen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- ist gekrochen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- war gekrochen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- waren gekrochen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- warst gekrochen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- wart gekrochen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- kriechen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde kriechen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden kriechen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst kriechen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet kriechen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird kriechen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gekrochen sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gekrochen sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gekrochen sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gekrochen sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gekrochen sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gekrochen sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person