dringen — German conjugation

to insist

Frequency#2562Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichdringeI insist
dudringstyou insist
er/sie/esdringthe/she/it insists
wirdringenwe insist
ihrdringtyou (pl.) insist
sie/Siedringenthey insist

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichdrangI insisted
dudrangstyou insisted
er/sie/esdranghe/she/it insisted
wirdrangenwe insisted
ihrdrangtyou (pl.) insisted
sie/Siedrangenthey insisted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gedrungenI have insisted
duhast gedrungenyou have insisted
er/sie/eshat gedrungenhe/she/it has insisted
wirhaben gedrungenwe have insisted
ihrhabt gedrungenyou (pl.) have insisted
sie/Siehaben gedrungenthey have insisted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gedrungenI had insisted
duhattest gedrungenyou had insisted
er/sie/eshatte gedrungenhe/she/it had insisted
wirhatten gedrungenwe had insisted
ihrhattet gedrungenyou (pl.) had insisted
sie/Siehatten gedrungenthey had insisted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde dringenI will insist
duwirst dringenyou will insist
er/sie/eswird dringenhe/she/it will insist
wirwerden dringenwe will insist
ihrwerdet dringenyou (pl.) will insist
sie/Siewerden dringenthey will insist

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.

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

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?

PronounGerman
ichdränge
dudrängest
er/sie/esdränge
wirdrängen
ihrdränget
sie/Siedrängen

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.

PronounGerman
dudringe
ihrdringt