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GERMAN VERB

sich aufregen

to get worked up

  • #176 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: aufgeregt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I get worked up
  2. du you get worked up
  3. er, sie, es he/she gets worked up
  4. wir we get worked up
  5. ihr you all get worked up
  6. sie, Sie they get worked up

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I got worked up
  2. du you got worked up
  3. er, sie, es he/she got worked up
  4. wir we got worked up
  5. ihr you all got worked up
  6. sie, Sie they got worked up

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have gotten worked up
  2. du you have gotten worked up
  3. er, sie, es he/she has gotten worked up
  4. wir we have gotten worked up
  5. ihr you all have gotten worked up
  6. sie, Sie they have gotten worked up

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will get worked up
  2. du you will get worked up
  3. er, sie, es he/she will get worked up
  4. wir we will get worked up
  5. ihr you all will get worked up
  6. sie, Sie they will get worked up

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would get worked up
  2. du you would get worked up
  3. er, sie, es he/she would get worked up
  4. wir we would get worked up
  5. ihr you all would get worked up
  6. sie, Sie they would get worked up

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du get worked up!
  2. ihr get worked up! (all of you)
  3. Sie get worked up! (formal)

How to use sich aufregen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Mein Vater regt sich über jeden Stau auf.

    My father gets worked up about every traffic jam.

  2. Simple past

    Sie regte sich furchtbar über die Rechnung auf.

    She got terribly worked up about the bill.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe mich gestern viel zu sehr aufgeregt.

    I got far too worked up yesterday.

  4. Future

    Oma wird sich über die Lautstärke aufregen.

    Grandma will get worked up about the noise.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde mich an deiner Stelle nicht aufregen.

    In your place I wouldn't get worked up.

  6. Imperative

    Reg dich nicht auf, das klären wir.

    Don't get worked up, we'll sort it out.

Good to know

  • What upsets you comes after über: Worüber regst du dich auf?

Where you hear sich aufregen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Fluency Level 1

  • Ich rege mich nicht auf! I'm not getting worked up!
  • Der Anrufer hat sich aufgeregt. The caller got worked up.
  • Morgen regt er sich wieder auf. Tomorrow he'll get worked up again.
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A Heated Caller

Fluency Level 1 · Regen Sie sich nicht auf. · Ich rege mich nicht auf!

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