erfolgen — German conjugation

to occur

Frequency#564Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
icherfolgeI occur
duerfolgstyou occur
er/sie/eserfolgthe/she/it occurs
wirerfolgenwe occur
ihrerfolgtyou (pl.) occur
sie/Sieerfolgenthey occur

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
icherfolgteI occurred
duerfolgtestyou occurred
er/sie/eserfolgtehe/she/it occurred
wirerfolgtenwe occurred
ihrerfolgtetyou (pl.) occurred
sie/Sieerfolgtenthey occurred

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbin erfolgtI have occurred
dubist erfolgtyou have occurred
er/sie/esist erfolgthe/she/it has occurred
wirsind erfolgtwe have occurred
ihrseid erfolgtyou (pl.) have occurred
sie/Siesind erfolgtthey have occurred

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwar erfolgtI had occurred
duwarst erfolgtyou had occurred
er/sie/eswar erfolgthe/she/it had occurred
wirwaren erfolgtwe had occurred
ihrwart erfolgtyou (pl.) had occurred
sie/Siewaren erfolgtthey had occurred

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde erfolgenI will occur
duwirst erfolgenyou will occur
er/sie/eswird erfolgenhe/she/it will occur
wirwerden erfolgenwe will occur
ihrwerdet erfolgenyou (pl.) will occur
sie/Siewerden erfolgenthey will occur

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde erfolgt seinI will have occurred
duwirst erfolgt seinyou will have occurred
er/sie/eswird erfolgt seinhe/she/it will have occurred
wirwerden erfolgt seinwe will have occurred
ihrwerdet erfolgt seinyou (pl.) will have occurred
sie/Siewerden erfolgt seinthey will have occurred

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?

PronounGerman
icherfolgte
duerfolgtest
er/sie/eserfolgte
wirerfolgten
ihrerfolgtet
sie/Sieerfolgten

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.

PronounGerman
duerfolge
ihrerfolgt