ausschauen — German conjugation
to look, to appear
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Regular
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 | schaue aus | I look |
| du | schaust aus | you look |
| er/sie/es | schaut aus | he/she/it looks |
| wir | schauen aus | we look |
| ihr | schaut aus | you (pl.) look |
| sie/Sie | schauen aus | they look |
Simple past (Präteritum) Regular
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 | schaute aus | I looked |
| du | schautest aus | you looked |
| er/sie/es | schaute aus | he/she/it looked |
| wir | schauten aus | we looked |
| ihr | schautet aus | you (pl.) looked |
| sie/Sie | schauten aus | they looked |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular
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 | habe ausgeschaut | I have looked |
| du | hast ausgeschaut | you have looked |
| er/sie/es | hat ausgeschaut | he/she/it has looked |
| wir | haben ausgeschaut | we have looked |
| ihr | habt ausgeschaut | you (pl.) have looked |
| sie/Sie | haben ausgeschaut | they have looked |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular
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 | hatte ausgeschaut | I had looked |
| du | hattest ausgeschaut | you had looked |
| er/sie/es | hatte ausgeschaut | he/she/it had looked |
| wir | hatten ausgeschaut | we had looked |
| ihr | hattet ausgeschaut | you (pl.) had looked |
| sie/Sie | hatten ausgeschaut | they had looked |
Future I (Futur I) Regular
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 ausschauen | I will look |
| du | wirst ausschauen | you will look |
| er/sie/es | wird ausschauen | he/she/it will look |
| wir | werden ausschauen | we will look |
| ihr | werdet ausschauen | you (pl.) will look |
| sie/Sie | werden ausschauen | they will look |
Future II (Futur II) Regular
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 ausgeschaut haben | I will have looked |
| du | wirst ausgeschaut haben | you will have looked |
| er/sie/es | wird ausgeschaut haben | he/she/it will have looked |
| wir | werden ausgeschaut haben | we will have looked |
| ihr | werdet ausgeschaut haben | you (pl.) will have looked |
| sie/Sie | werden ausgeschaut haben | they will have looked |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular
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 | schaute aus |
| du | schautest aus |
| er/sie/es | schaute aus |
| wir | schauten aus |
| ihr | schautet aus |
| sie/Sie | schauten aus |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Regular
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 | schaue aus |
| ihr | schaut aus |