durchfahren — German conjugation
to pass 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 | durchfahre | I pass through |
| du | durchfährst | you pass through |
| er/sie/es | durchfährt | he/she/it passes through |
| wir | durchfahren | we pass through |
| ihr | durchfahrt | you (pl.) pass through |
| sie/Sie | durchfahren | they pass 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 | durchfuhr | I passed through |
| du | durchfuhrst | you passed through |
| er/sie/es | durchfuhr | he/she/it passed through |
| wir | durchfuhren | we passed through |
| ihr | durchfuhrt | you (pl.) passed through |
| sie/Sie | durchfuhren | they passed 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 durchfahren | I have passed through |
| du | hast durchfahren | you have passed through |
| er/sie/es | hat durchfahren | he/she/it has passed through |
| wir | haben durchfahren | we have passed through |
| ihr | habt durchfahren | you (pl.) have passed through |
| sie/Sie | haben durchfahren | they have passed 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 durchfahren | I had passed through |
| du | hattest durchfahren | you had passed through |
| er/sie/es | hatte durchfahren | he/she/it had passed through |
| wir | hatten durchfahren | we had passed through |
| ihr | hattet durchfahren | you (pl.) had passed through |
| sie/Sie | hatten durchfahren | they had passed 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 durchfahren | I will pass through |
| du | wirst durchfahren | you will pass through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchfahren | he/she/it will pass through |
| wir | werden durchfahren | we will pass through |
| ihr | werdet durchfahren | you (pl.) will pass through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchfahren | they will pass 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 durchfahren haben | I will have passed through |
| du | wirst durchfahren haben | you will have passed through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchfahren haben | he/she/it will have passed through |
| wir | werden durchfahren haben | we will have passed through |
| ihr | werdet durchfahren haben | you (pl.) will have passed through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchfahren haben | they will have passed 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 | durchführe |
| du | durchführest |
| er/sie/es | durchführe |
| wir | durchführen |
| ihr | durchführet |
| sie/Sie | durchführen |
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 | durchfahre |
| ihr | durchfahrt |