errichten — German conjugation
to erect
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 | errichte | I erect |
| du | errichtest | you erect |
| er/sie/es | errichtet | he/she/it erects |
| wir | errichten | we erect |
| ihr | errichtet | you (pl.) erect |
| sie/Sie | errichten | they erect |
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 | errichtete | I erected |
| du | errichtetest | you erected |
| er/sie/es | errichtete | he/she/it erected |
| wir | errichteten | we erected |
| ihr | errichtetet | you (pl.) erected |
| sie/Sie | errichteten | they erected |
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 errichtet | I have erected |
| du | hast errichtet | you have erected |
| er/sie/es | hat errichtet | he/she/it has erected |
| wir | haben errichtet | we have erected |
| ihr | habt errichtet | you (pl.) have erected |
| sie/Sie | haben errichtet | they have erected |
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 errichtet | I had erected |
| du | hattest errichtet | you had erected |
| er/sie/es | hatte errichtet | he/she/it had erected |
| wir | hatten errichtet | we had erected |
| ihr | hattet errichtet | you (pl.) had erected |
| sie/Sie | hatten errichtet | they had erected |
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 errichten | I will erect |
| du | wirst errichten | you will erect |
| er/sie/es | wird errichten | he/she/it will erect |
| wir | werden errichten | we will erect |
| ihr | werdet errichten | you (pl.) will erect |
| sie/Sie | werden errichten | they will erect |
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 errichtet haben | I will have erected |
| du | wirst errichtet haben | you will have erected |
| er/sie/es | wird errichtet haben | he/she/it will have erected |
| wir | werden errichtet haben | we will have erected |
| ihr | werdet errichtet haben | you (pl.) will have erected |
| sie/Sie | werden errichtet haben | they will have erected |
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 | errichtete |
| du | errichtetest |
| er/sie/es | errichtete |
| wir | errichteten |
| ihr | errichtetet |
| sie/Sie | errichteten |
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 | errichte |
| ihr | errichtet |