bewirken — German conjugation
to bring about
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 | bewirke | I bring about |
| du | bewirkst | you bring about |
| er/sie/es | bewirkt | he/she/it brings about |
| wir | bewirken | we bring about |
| ihr | bewirkt | you (pl.) bring about |
| sie/Sie | bewirken | they bring about |
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 | bewirkte | I brought about |
| du | bewirktest | you brought about |
| er/sie/es | bewirkte | he/she/it brought about |
| wir | bewirkten | we brought about |
| ihr | bewirktet | you (pl.) brought about |
| sie/Sie | bewirkten | they brought about |
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 bewirkt | I have brought about |
| du | hast bewirkt | you have brought about |
| er/sie/es | hat bewirkt | he/she/it has brought about |
| wir | haben bewirkt | we have brought about |
| ihr | habt bewirkt | you (pl.) have brought about |
| sie/Sie | haben bewirkt | they have brought about |
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 bewirkt | I had brought about |
| du | hattest bewirkt | you had brought about |
| er/sie/es | hatte bewirkt | he/she/it had brought about |
| wir | hatten bewirkt | we had brought about |
| ihr | hattet bewirkt | you (pl.) had brought about |
| sie/Sie | hatten bewirkt | they had brought about |
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 bewirken | I will bring about |
| du | wirst bewirken | you will bring about |
| er/sie/es | wird bewirken | he/she/it will bring about |
| wir | werden bewirken | we will bring about |
| ihr | werdet bewirken | you (pl.) will bring about |
| sie/Sie | werden bewirken | they will bring about |
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 bewirkt haben | I will have brought about |
| du | wirst bewirkt haben | you will have brought about |
| er/sie/es | wird bewirkt haben | he/she/it will have brought about |
| wir | werden bewirkt haben | we will have brought about |
| ihr | werdet bewirkt haben | you (pl.) will have brought about |
| sie/Sie | werden bewirkt haben | they will have brought about |
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 | bewirkte |
| du | bewirktest |
| er/sie/es | bewirkte |
| wir | bewirkten |
| ihr | bewirktet |
| sie/Sie | bewirkten |
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 | bewirke |
| ihr | bewirkt |