durchbrechen — German conjugation
to break through
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 | breche durch | I break through |
| du | brichst durch | you break through |
| er/sie/es | bricht durch | he/she/it breaks through |
| wir | brechen durch | we break through |
| ihr | brecht durch | you (pl.) break through |
| sie/Sie | brechen durch | they break through |
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 | brach durch | I broke through |
| du | brachst durch | you broke through |
| er/sie/es | brach durch | he/she/it broke through |
| wir | brachen durch | we broke through |
| ihr | bracht durch | you (pl.) broke through |
| sie/Sie | brachen durch | they broke through |
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 durchgebrochen | I have broken through |
| du | hast durchgebrochen | you have broken through |
| er/sie/es | hat durchgebrochen | he/she/it has broken through |
| wir | haben durchgebrochen | we have broken through |
| ihr | habt durchgebrochen | you (pl.) have broken through |
| sie/Sie | haben durchgebrochen | they have broken through |
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 durchgebrochen | I had broken through |
| du | hattest durchgebrochen | you had broken through |
| er/sie/es | hatte durchgebrochen | he/she/it had broken through |
| wir | hatten durchgebrochen | we had broken through |
| ihr | hattet durchgebrochen | you (pl.) had broken through |
| sie/Sie | hatten durchgebrochen | they had broken through |
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 durchbrechen | I will break through |
| du | wirst durchbrechen | you will break through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchbrechen | he/she/it will break through |
| wir | werden durchbrechen | we will break through |
| ihr | werdet durchbrechen | you (pl.) will break through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchbrechen | they will break through |
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 durchgebrochen haben | I will have broken through |
| du | wirst durchgebrochen haben | you will have broken through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchgebrochen haben | he/she/it will have broken through |
| wir | werden durchgebrochen haben | we will have broken through |
| ihr | werdet durchgebrochen haben | you (pl.) will have broken through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchgebrochen haben | they will have broken through |
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 | bräche durch |
| du | brächest durch |
| er/sie/es | bräche durch |
| wir | brächen durch |
| ihr | brächet durch |
| sie/Sie | brächen durch |
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 | brich durch |
| ihr | brecht durch |