durchschneiden — German conjugation
to cut 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 | durchschneide | I cut through |
| du | schneidst | you cut through |
| er/sie/es | schneidt | he/she/it cuts through |
| wir | durchschneiden | we cut through |
| ihr | durchschneidet | you (pl.) cut through |
| sie/Sie | durchschneiden | they cut 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 | durchschnitt | I cut through |
| du | durchschnittest | you cut through |
| er/sie/es | durchschnitt | he/she/it cut through |
| wir | durchschnitten | we cut through |
| ihr | durchschnittet | you (pl.) cut through |
| sie/Sie | durchschnitten | they cut 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 durchschnitten | I have cut through |
| du | hast durchschnitten | you have cut through |
| er/sie/es | hat durchschnitten | he/she/it has cut through |
| wir | haben durchschnitten | we have cut through |
| ihr | habt durchschnitten | you (pl.) have cut through |
| sie/Sie | haben durchschnitten | they have cut 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 durchschnitten | I had cut through |
| du | hattest durchschnitten | you had cut through |
| er/sie/es | hatte durchschnitten | he/she/it had cut through |
| wir | hatten durchschnitten | we had cut through |
| ihr | hattet durchschnitten | you (pl.) had cut through |
| sie/Sie | hatten durchschnitten | they had cut 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 durchschneiden | I will cut through |
| du | wirst durchschneiden | you will cut through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchschneiden | he/she/it will cut through |
| wir | werden durchschneiden | we will cut through |
| ihr | werdet durchschneiden | you (pl.) will cut through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchschneiden | they will cut 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 durchschnitten haben | I will have cut through |
| du | wirst durchschnitten haben | you will have cut through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchschnitten haben | he/she/it will have cut through |
| wir | werden durchschnitten haben | we will have cut through |
| ihr | werdet durchschnitten haben | you (pl.) will have cut through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchschnitten haben | they will have cut 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 | durchschnitte |
| du | durchschnittest |
| er/sie/es | durchschnitte |
| wir | durchschnitten |
| ihr | durchschnittet |
| sie/Sie | durchschnitten |
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 | schneid |
| ihr | durchschneidet |