auskommen — German conjugation
to get along
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.
Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | komme aus | I get along |
| du | kommst aus | you get along |
| er/sie/es | kommt aus | he/she/it gets along |
| wir | kommen aus | we get along |
| ihr | kommt aus | you (pl.) get along |
| sie/Sie | kommen aus | they get along |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.
Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | kam aus | I got along |
| du | kamst aus | you got along |
| er/sie/es | kam aus | he/she/it got along |
| wir | kamen aus | we got along |
| ihr | kamt aus | you (pl.) got along |
| sie/Sie | kamen aus | they got along |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.
Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | bin ausgekommen | I have gotten along |
| du | bist ausgekommen | you have gotten along |
| er/sie/es | ist ausgekommen | he/she/it has gotten along |
| wir | sind ausgekommen | we have gotten along |
| ihr | seid ausgekommen | you (pl.) have gotten along |
| sie/Sie | sind ausgekommen | they have gotten along |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.
Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | war ausgekommen | I had gotten along |
| du | warst ausgekommen | you had gotten along |
| er/sie/es | war ausgekommen | he/she/it had gotten along |
| wir | waren ausgekommen | we had gotten along |
| ihr | wart ausgekommen | you (pl.) had gotten along |
| sie/Sie | waren ausgekommen | they had gotten along |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.
Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde auskommen | I will get along |
| du | wirst auskommen | you will get along |
| er/sie/es | wird auskommen | he/she/it will get along |
| wir | werden auskommen | we will get along |
| ihr | werdet auskommen | you (pl.) will get along |
| sie/Sie | werden auskommen | they will get along |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.
Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde ausgekommen sein | I will have gotten along |
| du | wirst ausgekommen sein | you will have gotten along |
| er/sie/es | wird ausgekommen sein | he/she/it will have gotten along |
| wir | werden ausgekommen sein | we will have gotten along |
| ihr | werdet ausgekommen sein | you (pl.) will have gotten along |
| sie/Sie | werden ausgekommen sein | they will have gotten along |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.
Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | käme aus |
| du | kämest aus |
| er/sie/es | käme aus |
| wir | kämen aus |
| ihr | kämet aus |
| sie/Sie | kämen aus |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.
Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | komme aus |
| ihr | kommt aus |