entkommen — German conjugation
to escape
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 | entkomme | I escape |
| du | entkommst | you escape |
| er/sie/es | entkommt | he/she/it escapes |
| wir | entkommen | we escape |
| ihr | entkommt | you (pl.) escape |
| sie/Sie | entkommen | they escape |
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 | entkam | I escaped |
| du | entkamst | you escaped |
| er/sie/es | entkam | he/she/it escaped |
| wir | entkamen | we escaped |
| ihr | entkamt | you (pl.) escaped |
| sie/Sie | entkamen | they escaped |
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 | bin entkommen | I have escaped |
| du | bist entkommen | you have escaped |
| er/sie/es | ist entkommen | he/she/it has escaped |
| wir | sind entkommen | we have escaped |
| ihr | seid entkommen | you (pl.) have escaped |
| sie/Sie | sind entkommen | they have escaped |
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 | war entkommen | I had escaped |
| du | warst entkommen | you had escaped |
| er/sie/es | war entkommen | he/she/it had escaped |
| wir | waren entkommen | we had escaped |
| ihr | wart entkommen | you (pl.) had escaped |
| sie/Sie | waren entkommen | they had escaped |
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 entkommen | I will escape |
| du | wirst entkommen | you will escape |
| er/sie/es | wird entkommen | he/she/it will escape |
| wir | werden entkommen | we will escape |
| ihr | werdet entkommen | you (pl.) will escape |
| sie/Sie | werden entkommen | they will escape |
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 entkommen sein | I will have escaped |
| du | wirst entkommen sein | you will have escaped |
| er/sie/es | wird entkommen sein | he/she/it will have escaped |
| wir | werden entkommen sein | we will have escaped |
| ihr | werdet entkommen sein | you (pl.) will have escaped |
| sie/Sie | werden entkommen sein | they will have escaped |
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 | entkäme |
| du | entkämest |
| er/sie/es | entkäme |
| wir | entkämen |
| ihr | entkämet |
| sie/Sie | entkämen |
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 | entkomme |
| ihr | entkommt |