dreschen — German conjugation
to thresh
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 | dresche | I thresh |
| du | drischst | you thresh |
| er/sie/es | drischt | he/she/it threshes |
| wir | dreschen | we thresh |
| ihr | drescht | you (pl.) thresh |
| sie/Sie | dreschen | they thresh |
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 | drosch | I threshed |
| du | droschst | you threshed |
| er/sie/es | drosch | he/she/it threshed |
| wir | droschen | we threshed |
| ihr | droscht | you (pl.) threshed |
| sie/Sie | droschen | they threshed |
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 gedroschen | I have threshed |
| du | hast gedroschen | you have threshed |
| er/sie/es | hat gedroschen | he/she/it has threshed |
| wir | haben gedroschen | we have threshed |
| ihr | habt gedroschen | you (pl.) have threshed |
| sie/Sie | haben gedroschen | they have threshed |
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 gedroschen | I had threshed |
| du | hattest gedroschen | you had threshed |
| er/sie/es | hatte gedroschen | he/she/it had threshed |
| wir | hatten gedroschen | we had threshed |
| ihr | hattet gedroschen | you (pl.) had threshed |
| sie/Sie | hatten gedroschen | they had threshed |
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 dreschen | I will thresh |
| du | wirst dreschen | you will thresh |
| er/sie/es | wird dreschen | he/she/it will thresh |
| wir | werden dreschen | we will thresh |
| ihr | werdet dreschen | you (pl.) will thresh |
| sie/Sie | werden dreschen | they will thresh |
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 gedroschen haben | I will have threshed |
| du | wirst gedroschen haben | you will have threshed |
| er/sie/es | wird gedroschen haben | he/she/it will have threshed |
| wir | werden gedroschen haben | we will have threshed |
| ihr | werdet gedroschen haben | you (pl.) will have threshed |
| sie/Sie | werden gedroschen haben | they will have threshed |
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 | drösche |
| du | dröschest |
| er/sie/es | drösche |
| wir | dröschen |
| ihr | dröschet |
| sie/Sie | dröschen |
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 | drisch |
| ihr | drescht |