zittern
to tremble
- Past (Präteritum)
- zitterte
- Past participle
- gezittert (haben)
A regular weak verb. Often used to describe physical reactions to intense emotions like fear, anger, or cold, as seen in the text with 'zitternden Händen'. It can also be used in the expression 'vor Angst zittern'. It takes 'haben' as it describes a state or action rather than a change of location or state of being that would require 'sein'. It is intransitive in this context, though it can take a prepositional object with 'vor'. It is not separable, despite the common 'zitternd' (present participle) usage seen in the text which functions as an adjective here.
Conjugation
Present
- zittert
- present, singular, third-person
- zittre
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- zittere
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- zitter
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- zittern
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- zitterst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- zitterte
- past
- zitterten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- zittertest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- zittertet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- zittere
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- zittre
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- zittern
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- zitterest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- zittrest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- zitteret
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- zittret
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- zitterte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- zitterten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- zittertest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- zittertet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gezittert
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gezittert
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gezittert
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gezittert
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gezittert
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gezittert
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gezittert
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gezittert
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde zittern
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden zittern
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest zittern
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet zittern
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde zittern
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden zittern
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest zittern
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet zittern
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gezittert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gezittert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gezittert haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- zittre
- imperative, second-person, singular
- zitter
- imperative, second-person, singular
- zittere
- imperative, second-person, singular
- zittert
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gezittert
- participle, past
- zitternd
- participle, present
Infinitive
- zittern
- infinitive
Other
- habe gezittert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gezittert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gezittert
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gezittert
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gezittert
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gezittert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gezittert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gezittert
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gezittert
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- zittern werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde zittern
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden zittern
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst zittern
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet zittern
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird zittern
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gezittert haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gezittert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gezittert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gezittert haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gezittert haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gezittert haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Zittern
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong