erziehen — German conjugation
to educate
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 | erziehe | I educate |
| du | erziehst | you educate |
| er/sie/es | erzieht | he/she/it educates |
| wir | erziehen | we educate |
| ihr | erzieht | you (pl.) educate |
| sie/Sie | erziehen | they educate |
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 | erzog | I educated |
| du | erzogst | you educated |
| er/sie/es | erzog | he/she/it educated |
| wir | erzogen | we educated |
| ihr | erzogt | you (pl.) educated |
| sie/Sie | erzogen | they educated |
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 erzogen | I have educated |
| du | hast erzogen | you have educated |
| er/sie/es | hat erzogen | he/she/it has educated |
| wir | haben erzogen | we have educated |
| ihr | habt erzogen | you (pl.) have educated |
| sie/Sie | haben erzogen | they have educated |
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 erzogen | I had educated |
| du | hattest erzogen | you had educated |
| er/sie/es | hatte erzogen | he/she/it had educated |
| wir | hatten erzogen | we had educated |
| ihr | hattet erzogen | you (pl.) had educated |
| sie/Sie | hatten erzogen | they had educated |
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 erziehen | I will educate |
| du | wirst erziehen | you will educate |
| er/sie/es | wird erziehen | he/she/it will educate |
| wir | werden erziehen | we will educate |
| ihr | werdet erziehen | you (pl.) will educate |
| sie/Sie | werden erziehen | they will educate |
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 erzogen haben | I will have educated |
| du | wirst erzogen haben | you will have educated |
| er/sie/es | wird erzogen haben | he/she/it will have educated |
| wir | werden erzogen haben | we will have educated |
| ihr | werdet erzogen haben | you (pl.) will have educated |
| sie/Sie | werden erzogen haben | they will have educated |
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 | erzöge |
| du | erzögest |
| er/sie/es | erzöge |
| wir | erzögen |
| ihr | erzöget |
| sie/Sie | erzögen |
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 | erziehe |
| ihr | erzieht |