scherzen
to joke
- Past (Präteritum)
- scherzte
- Past participle
- gescherzt (haben)
Regular weak verb using haben. It describes the act of speaking or acting in a non-serious, playful, or ironic manner to provoke amusement. It is often used with prepositional phrases like über etwas or mit jemandem. While generally intransitive, it can occasionally be used transitively in specific idiomatic contexts to describe playful taunts.
Conjugation
Present
- scherzt
- present, singular, third-person
- scherze
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- scherzen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
Past
- scherztest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- scherzte
- past
- scherzten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- scherztet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- scherze
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- scherzen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- scherzest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- scherzet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- scherzte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- scherzten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- scherztest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- scherztet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gescherzt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gescherzt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gescherzt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gescherzt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gescherzt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gescherzt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gescherzt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gescherzt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde scherzen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden scherzen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest scherzen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet scherzen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde scherzen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden scherzen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest scherzen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet scherzen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gescherzt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gescherzt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gescherzt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gescherzt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gescherzt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gescherzt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- scherz
- imperative, second-person, singular
- scherze
- imperative, second-person, singular
- scherzt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gescherzt
- participle, past
- scherzend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- scherzen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gescherzt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gescherzt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gescherzt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gescherzt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gescherzt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gescherzt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gescherzt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gescherzt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gescherzt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- scherzen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde scherzen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden scherzen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst scherzen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet scherzen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird scherzen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gescherzt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gescherzt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gescherzt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gescherzt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gescherzt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gescherzt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person