durchhelfen — German conjugation
to help 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 | helfe durch | I help through |
| du | hilfst durch | you help through |
| er/sie/es | hilft durch | he/she/it helps through |
| wir | helfen durch | we help through |
| ihr | helft durch | you (pl.) help through |
| sie/Sie | helfen durch | they help 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 | half durch | I helped through |
| du | halfst durch | you helped through |
| er/sie/es | half durch | he/she/it helped through |
| wir | halfen durch | we helped through |
| ihr | halft durch | you (pl.) helped through |
| sie/Sie | halfen durch | they helped 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 durchgeholfen | I have helped through |
| du | hast durchgeholfen | you have helped through |
| er/sie/es | hat durchgeholfen | he/she/it has helped through |
| wir | haben durchgeholfen | we have helped through |
| ihr | habt durchgeholfen | you (pl.) have helped through |
| sie/Sie | haben durchgeholfen | they have helped 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 durchgeholfen | I had helped through |
| du | hattest durchgeholfen | you had helped through |
| er/sie/es | hatte durchgeholfen | he/she/it had helped through |
| wir | hatten durchgeholfen | we had helped through |
| ihr | hattet durchgeholfen | you (pl.) had helped through |
| sie/Sie | hatten durchgeholfen | they had helped 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 durchhelfen | I will help through |
| du | wirst durchhelfen | you will help through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchhelfen | he/she/it will help through |
| wir | werden durchhelfen | we will help through |
| ihr | werdet durchhelfen | you (pl.) will help through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchhelfen | they will help 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 durchgeholfen haben | I will have helped through |
| du | wirst durchgeholfen haben | you will have helped through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchgeholfen haben | he/she/it will have helped through |
| wir | werden durchgeholfen haben | we will have helped through |
| ihr | werdet durchgeholfen haben | you (pl.) will have helped through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchgeholfen haben | they will have helped 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 | hülfe durch |
| du | hülfest durch |
| er/sie/es | hülfe durch |
| wir | hülfen durch |
| ihr | hülfet durch |
| sie/Sie | hülfen 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 | hilf durch |
| ihr | helft durch |