eilen — German conjugation
to hurry
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 | eile | I hurry |
| du | eilst | you hurry |
| er/sie/es | eilt | he/she/it hurries |
| wir | eilen | we hurry |
| ihr | eilt | you (pl.) hurry |
| sie/Sie | eilen | they hurry |
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 | eilte | I hurried |
| du | eiltest | you hurried |
| er/sie/es | eilte | he/she/it hurried |
| wir | eilten | we hurried |
| ihr | eiltet | you (pl.) hurried |
| sie/Sie | eilten | they hurried |
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 geeilt | I have hurried |
| du | bist geeilt | you have hurried |
| er/sie/es | ist geeilt | he/she/it has hurried |
| wir | sind geeilt | we have hurried |
| ihr | seid geeilt | you (pl.) have hurried |
| sie/Sie | sind geeilt | they have hurried |
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 geeilt | I had hurried |
| du | warst geeilt | you had hurried |
| er/sie/es | war geeilt | he/she/it had hurried |
| wir | waren geeilt | we had hurried |
| ihr | wart geeilt | you (pl.) had hurried |
| sie/Sie | waren geeilt | they had hurried |
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 eilen | I will hurry |
| du | wirst eilen | you will hurry |
| er/sie/es | wird eilen | he/she/it will hurry |
| wir | werden eilen | we will hurry |
| ihr | werdet eilen | you (pl.) will hurry |
| sie/Sie | werden eilen | they will hurry |
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 geeilt sein | I will have hurried |
| du | wirst geeilt sein | you will have hurried |
| er/sie/es | wird geeilt sein | he/she/it will have hurried |
| wir | werden geeilt sein | we will have hurried |
| ihr | werdet geeilt sein | you (pl.) will have hurried |
| sie/Sie | werden geeilt sein | they will have hurried |
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 | eilte |
| du | eiltest |
| er/sie/es | eilte |
| wir | eilten |
| ihr | eiltet |
| sie/Sie | eilten |
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 | eile |
| ihr | eilt |