durchströmen — German conjugation
to flow 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 | ströme durch | I flow through |
| du | strömst durch | you flow through |
| er/sie/es | strömt durch | he/she/it flows through |
| wir | strömen durch | we flow through |
| ihr | strömt durch | you (pl.) flow through |
| sie/Sie | strömen durch | they flow 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 | strömte durch | I flowed through |
| du | strömtest durch | you flowed through |
| er/sie/es | strömte durch | he/she/it flowed through |
| wir | strömten durch | we flowed through |
| ihr | strömtet durch | you (pl.) flowed through |
| sie/Sie | strömten durch | they flowed 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 durchgeströmt | I have flowed through |
| du | bist durchgeströmt | you have flowed through |
| er/sie/es | ist durchgeströmt | he/she/it has flowed through |
| wir | sind durchgeströmt | we have flowed through |
| ihr | seid durchgeströmt | you (pl.) have flowed through |
| sie/Sie | sind durchgeströmt | they have flowed 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 durchgeströmt | I had flowed through |
| du | warst durchgeströmt | you had flowed through |
| er/sie/es | war durchgeströmt | he/she/it had flowed through |
| wir | waren durchgeströmt | we had flowed through |
| ihr | wart durchgeströmt | you (pl.) had flowed through |
| sie/Sie | waren durchgeströmt | they had flowed 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 durchströmen | I will flow through |
| du | wirst durchströmen | you will flow through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchströmen | he/she/it will flow through |
| wir | werden durchströmen | we will flow through |
| ihr | werdet durchströmen | you (pl.) will flow through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchströmen | they will flow 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 durchgeströmt sein | I will have flowed through |
| du | wirst durchgeströmt sein | you will have flowed through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchgeströmt sein | he/she/it will have flowed through |
| wir | werden durchgeströmt sein | we will have flowed through |
| ihr | werdet durchgeströmt sein | you (pl.) will have flowed through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchgeströmt sein | they will have flowed 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 | strömte durch |
| du | strömtest durch |
| er/sie/es | strömte durch |
| wir | strömten durch |
| ihr | strömtet durch |
| sie/Sie | strömten 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 | ströme durch |
| ihr | strömt durch |