davonkommen — German conjugation
to get away
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 davon | I get away |
| du | kommst davon | you get away |
| er/sie/es | kommt davon | he/she/it gets away |
| wir | kommen davon | we get away |
| ihr | kommt davon | you (pl.) get away |
| sie/Sie | kommen davon | they get away |
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 davon | I got away |
| du | kamst davon | you got away |
| er/sie/es | kam davon | he/she/it got away |
| wir | kamen davon | we got away |
| ihr | kamt davon | you (pl.) got away |
| sie/Sie | kamen davon | they got away |
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 davongekommen | I have gotten away |
| du | bist davongekommen | you have gotten away |
| er/sie/es | ist davongekommen | he/she/it has gotten away |
| wir | sind davongekommen | we have gotten away |
| ihr | seid davongekommen | you (pl.) have gotten away |
| sie/Sie | sind davongekommen | they have gotten away |
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 davongekommen | I had gotten away |
| du | warst davongekommen | you had gotten away |
| er/sie/es | war davongekommen | he/she/it had gotten away |
| wir | waren davongekommen | we had gotten away |
| ihr | wart davongekommen | you (pl.) had gotten away |
| sie/Sie | waren davongekommen | they had gotten away |
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 davonkommen | I will get away |
| du | wirst davonkommen | you will get away |
| er/sie/es | wird davonkommen | he/she/it will get away |
| wir | werden davonkommen | we will get away |
| ihr | werdet davonkommen | you (pl.) will get away |
| sie/Sie | werden davonkommen | they will get away |
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 davongekommen sein | I will have gotten away |
| du | wirst davongekommen sein | you will have gotten away |
| er/sie/es | wird davongekommen sein | he/she/it will have gotten away |
| wir | werden davongekommen sein | we will have gotten away |
| ihr | werdet davongekommen sein | you (pl.) will have gotten away |
| sie/Sie | werden davongekommen sein | they will have gotten away |
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 davon |
| du | kämest davon |
| er/sie/es | käme davon |
| wir | kämen davon |
| ihr | kämet davon |
| sie/Sie | kämen davon |
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 davon |
| ihr | kommt davon |