beschießen — German conjugation
to shoot
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 | beschieße | I shoot |
| du | beschießt | you shoot |
| er/sie/es | beschießt | he/she/it shoots |
| wir | beschießen | we shoot |
| ihr | beschießt | you (pl.) shoot |
| sie/Sie | beschießen | they shoot |
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 | beschoss | I shot |
| du | beschossest | you shot |
| er/sie/es | beschoss | he/she/it shot |
| wir | beschossen | we shot |
| ihr | beschosst | you (pl.) shot |
| sie/Sie | beschossen | they shot |
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 | habe beschossen | I have shot |
| du | hast beschossen | you have shot |
| er/sie/es | hat beschossen | he/she/it has shot |
| wir | haben beschossen | we have shot |
| ihr | habt beschossen | you (pl.) have shot |
| sie/Sie | haben beschossen | they have shot |
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 | hatte beschossen | I had shot |
| du | hattest beschossen | you had shot |
| er/sie/es | hatte beschossen | he/she/it had shot |
| wir | hatten beschossen | we had shot |
| ihr | hattet beschossen | you (pl.) had shot |
| sie/Sie | hatten beschossen | they had shot |
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 beschießen | I will shoot |
| du | wirst beschießen | you will shoot |
| er/sie/es | wird beschießen | he/she/it will shoot |
| wir | werden beschießen | we will shoot |
| ihr | werdet beschießen | you (pl.) will shoot |
| sie/Sie | werden beschießen | they will shoot |
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 beschossen haben | I will have shot |
| du | wirst beschossen haben | you will have shot |
| er/sie/es | wird beschossen haben | he/she/it will have shot |
| wir | werden beschossen haben | we will have shot |
| ihr | werdet beschossen haben | you (pl.) will have shot |
| sie/Sie | werden beschossen haben | they will have shot |
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 | beschösse |
| du | beschössest |
| er/sie/es | beschösse |
| wir | beschössen |
| ihr | beschösset |
| sie/Sie | beschössen |
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 | beschieße |
| ihr | beschießt |