durchreisen — German conjugation
to travel through
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Regular
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 | reise durch | I travel through |
| du | reist durch | you travel through |
| er/sie/es | reist durch | he/she/it travels through |
| wir | reisen durch | we travel through |
| ihr | reist durch | you (pl.) travel through |
| sie/Sie | reisen durch | they travel through |
Simple past (Präteritum) Regular
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 | reiste durch | I travelled through |
| du | reistest durch | you travelled through |
| er/sie/es | reiste durch | he/she/it travelled through |
| wir | reisten durch | we travelled through |
| ihr | reistet durch | you (pl.) travelled through |
| sie/Sie | reisten durch | they travelled through |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular
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 | bin durchgereist | I have travelled through |
| du | bist durchgereist | you have travelled through |
| er/sie/es | ist durchgereist | he/she/it has travelled through |
| wir | sind durchgereist | we have travelled through |
| ihr | seid durchgereist | you (pl.) have travelled through |
| sie/Sie | sind durchgereist | they have travelled through |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular
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 | war durchgereist | I had travelled through |
| du | warst durchgereist | you had travelled through |
| er/sie/es | war durchgereist | he/she/it had travelled through |
| wir | waren durchgereist | we had travelled through |
| ihr | wart durchgereist | you (pl.) had travelled through |
| sie/Sie | waren durchgereist | they had travelled through |
Future I (Futur I) Regular
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 durchreisen | I will travel through |
| du | wirst durchreisen | you will travel through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchreisen | he/she/it will travel through |
| wir | werden durchreisen | we will travel through |
| ihr | werdet durchreisen | you (pl.) will travel through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchreisen | they will travel through |
Future II (Futur II) Regular
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 durchgereist sein | I will have travelled through |
| du | wirst durchgereist sein | you will have travelled through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchgereist sein | he/she/it will have travelled through |
| wir | werden durchgereist sein | we will have travelled through |
| ihr | werdet durchgereist sein | you (pl.) will have travelled through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchgereist sein | they will have travelled through |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular
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 | reiste durch |
| du | reistest durch |
| er/sie/es | reiste durch |
| wir | reisten durch |
| ihr | reistet durch |
| sie/Sie | reisten durch |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Regular
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 | reise durch |
| ihr | reist durch |