erheitern — German conjugation
to cheer up
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 | erheitere | I cheer up |
| du | erheiterst | you cheer up |
| er/sie/es | erheitert | he/she/it cheers up |
| wir | erheitern | we cheer up |
| ihr | erheitert | you (pl.) cheer up |
| sie/Sie | erheitern | they cheer up |
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 | erheiterte | I cheered up |
| du | erheitertest | you cheered up |
| er/sie/es | erheiterte | he/she/it cheered up |
| wir | erheiterten | we cheered up |
| ihr | erheitertet | you (pl.) cheered up |
| sie/Sie | erheiterten | they cheered up |
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 erheitert | I have cheered up |
| du | hast erheitert | you have cheered up |
| er/sie/es | hat erheitert | he/she/it has cheered up |
| wir | haben erheitert | we have cheered up |
| ihr | habt erheitert | you (pl.) have cheered up |
| sie/Sie | haben erheitert | they have cheered up |
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 erheitert | I had cheered up |
| du | hattest erheitert | you had cheered up |
| er/sie/es | hatte erheitert | he/she/it had cheered up |
| wir | hatten erheitert | we had cheered up |
| ihr | hattet erheitert | you (pl.) had cheered up |
| sie/Sie | hatten erheitert | they had cheered up |
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 erheitern | I will cheer up |
| du | wirst erheitern | you will cheer up |
| er/sie/es | wird erheitern | he/she/it will cheer up |
| wir | werden erheitern | we will cheer up |
| ihr | werdet erheitern | you (pl.) will cheer up |
| sie/Sie | werden erheitern | they will cheer up |
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 erheitert haben | I will have cheered up |
| du | wirst erheitert haben | you will have cheered up |
| er/sie/es | wird erheitert haben | he/she/it will have cheered up |
| wir | werden erheitert haben | we will have cheered up |
| ihr | werdet erheitert haben | you (pl.) will have cheered up |
| sie/Sie | werden erheitert haben | they will have cheered up |
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 | erheiterte |
| du | erheitertest |
| er/sie/es | erheiterte |
| wir | erheiterten |
| ihr | erheitertet |
| sie/Sie | erheiterten |
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 | erheitere |
| ihr | erheitert |