entreißen — German conjugation
to tear away
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 | entreiße | I tear away |
| du | entreißt | you tear away |
| er/sie/es | entreißt | he/she/it tears away |
| wir | entreißen | we tear away |
| ihr | entreißt | you (pl.) tear away |
| sie/Sie | entreißen | they tear away |
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 | entriss | I tore away |
| du | entrissest | you tore away |
| er/sie/es | entriss | he/she/it tore away |
| wir | entrissen | we tore away |
| ihr | entrisst | you (pl.) tore away |
| sie/Sie | entrissen | they tore away |
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 entrissen | I have torn away |
| du | hast entrissen | you have torn away |
| er/sie/es | hat entrissen | he/she/it has torn away |
| wir | haben entrissen | we have torn away |
| ihr | habt entrissen | you (pl.) have torn away |
| sie/Sie | haben entrissen | they have torn away |
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 entrissen | I had torn away |
| du | hattest entrissen | you had torn away |
| er/sie/es | hatte entrissen | he/she/it had torn away |
| wir | hatten entrissen | we had torn away |
| ihr | hattet entrissen | you (pl.) had torn away |
| sie/Sie | hatten entrissen | they had torn away |
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 entreißen | I will tear away |
| du | wirst entreißen | you will tear away |
| er/sie/es | wird entreißen | he/she/it will tear away |
| wir | werden entreißen | we will tear away |
| ihr | werdet entreißen | you (pl.) will tear away |
| sie/Sie | werden entreißen | they will tear away |
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 entrissen haben | I will have torn away |
| du | wirst entrissen haben | you will have torn away |
| er/sie/es | wird entrissen haben | he/she/it will have torn away |
| wir | werden entrissen haben | we will have torn away |
| ihr | werdet entrissen haben | you (pl.) will have torn away |
| sie/Sie | werden entrissen haben | they will have torn away |
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 | entrisse |
| du | entrissest |
| er/sie/es | entrisse |
| wir | entrissen |
| ihr | entrisset |
| sie/Sie | entrissen |
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 | entreiße |
| ihr | entreißt |