durchsuchen — German conjugation
to search 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 | durchsuche | I search through |
| du | durchsuchst | you search through |
| er/sie/es | durchsucht | he/she/it searches through |
| wir | durchsuchen | we search through |
| ihr | durchsucht | you (pl.) search through |
| sie/Sie | durchsuchen | they search 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 | durchsuchte | I searched through |
| du | durchsuchtest | you searched through |
| er/sie/es | durchsuchte | he/she/it searched through |
| wir | durchsuchten | we searched through |
| ihr | durchsuchtet | you (pl.) searched through |
| sie/Sie | durchsuchten | they searched 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 | habe durchsucht | I have searched through |
| du | hast durchsucht | you have searched through |
| er/sie/es | hat durchsucht | he/she/it has searched through |
| wir | haben durchsucht | we have searched through |
| ihr | habt durchsucht | you (pl.) have searched through |
| sie/Sie | haben durchsucht | they have searched 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 | hatte durchsucht | I had searched through |
| du | hattest durchsucht | you had searched through |
| er/sie/es | hatte durchsucht | he/she/it had searched through |
| wir | hatten durchsucht | we had searched through |
| ihr | hattet durchsucht | you (pl.) had searched through |
| sie/Sie | hatten durchsucht | they had searched 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 durchsuchen | I will search through |
| du | wirst durchsuchen | you will search through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchsuchen | he/she/it will search through |
| wir | werden durchsuchen | we will search through |
| ihr | werdet durchsuchen | you (pl.) will search through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchsuchen | they will search 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 durchsucht haben | I will have searched through |
| du | wirst durchsucht haben | you will have searched through |
| er/sie/es | wird durchsucht haben | he/she/it will have searched through |
| wir | werden durchsucht haben | we will have searched through |
| ihr | werdet durchsucht haben | you (pl.) will have searched through |
| sie/Sie | werden durchsucht haben | they will have searched 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 | durchsuchte |
| du | durchsuchtest |
| er/sie/es | durchsuchte |
| wir | durchsuchten |
| ihr | durchsuchtet |
| sie/Sie | durchsuchten |
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 | durchsuche |
| ihr | durchsucht |