bewegen — German conjugation

to move

Frequency#43Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbewegeI move
dubewegstyou move
er/sie/esbewegthe/she/it moves
wirbewegenwe move
ihrbewegtyou (pl.) move
sie/Siebewegenthey move

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbewegteI moved
dubewegtestyou moved
er/sie/esbewegtehe/she/it moved
wirbewegtenwe moved
ihrbewegtetyou (pl.) moved
sie/Siebewegtenthey moved

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe bewegtI have moved
duhast bewegtyou have moved
er/sie/eshat bewegthe/she/it has moved
wirhaben bewegtwe have moved
ihrhabt bewegtyou (pl.) have moved
sie/Siehaben bewegtthey have moved

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte bewegtI had moved
duhattest bewegtyou had moved
er/sie/eshatte bewegthe/she/it had moved
wirhatten bewegtwe had moved
ihrhattet bewegtyou (pl.) had moved
sie/Siehatten bewegtthey had moved

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde bewegenI will move
duwirst bewegenyou will move
er/sie/eswird bewegenhe/she/it will move
wirwerden bewegenwe will move
ihrwerdet bewegenyou (pl.) will move
sie/Siewerden bewegenthey will move

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde bewegt habenI will have moved
duwirst bewegt habenyou will have moved
er/sie/eswird bewegt habenhe/she/it will have moved
wirwerden bewegt habenwe will have moved
ihrwerdet bewegt habenyou (pl.) will have moved
sie/Siewerden bewegt habenthey will have moved

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?

PronounGerman
ichbewegte
dubewegtest
er/sie/esbewegte
wirbewegten
ihrbewegtet
sie/Siebewegten

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.

PronounGerman
dubewege
ihrbewegt