durchdringen — German conjugation
to penetrate, pierce
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 | durchdringe | I penetrate |
| du | durchdringst | you penetrate |
| er/sie/es | durchdringt | he/she/it penetrates |
| wir | durchdringen | we penetrate |
| ihr | durchdringt | you (pl.) penetrate |
| sie/Sie | durchdringen | they penetrate |
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 | durchdrang | I penetrated |
| du | durchdrangst | you penetrated |
| er/sie/es | durchdrang | he/she/it penetrated |
| wir | durchdrangen | we penetrated |
| ihr | durchdrangt | you (pl.) penetrated |
| sie/Sie | durchdrangen | they penetrated |
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 durchdrungen | I have penetrated |
| du | hast durchdrungen | you have penetrated |
| er/sie/es | hat durchdrungen | he/she/it has penetrated |
| wir | haben durchdrungen | we have penetrated |
| ihr | habt durchdrungen | you (pl.) have penetrated |
| sie/Sie | haben durchdrungen | they have penetrated |
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 durchdrungen | I had penetrated |
| du | hattest durchdrungen | you had penetrated |
| er/sie/es | hatte durchdrungen | he/she/it had penetrated |
| wir | hatten durchdrungen | we had penetrated |
| ihr | hattet durchdrungen | you (pl.) had penetrated |
| sie/Sie | hatten durchdrungen | they had penetrated |
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 durchdringen | I will penetrate |
| du | wirst durchdringen | you will penetrate |
| er/sie/es | wird durchdringen | he/she/it will penetrate |
| wir | werden durchdringen | we will penetrate |
| ihr | werdet durchdringen | you (pl.) will penetrate |
| sie/Sie | werden durchdringen | they will penetrate |
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 durchdrungen haben | I will have penetrated |
| du | wirst durchdrungen haben | you will have penetrated |
| er/sie/es | wird durchdrungen haben | he/she/it will have penetrated |
| wir | werden durchdrungen haben | we will have penetrated |
| ihr | werdet durchdrungen haben | you (pl.) will have penetrated |
| sie/Sie | werden durchdrungen haben | they will have penetrated |
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 | durchdränge |
| du | durchdrängest |
| er/sie/es | durchdränge |
| wir | durchdrängen |
| ihr | durchdränget |
| sie/Sie | durchdrängen |
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 | durchdringe |
| ihr | durchdringt |