erziehen — German conjugation

to educate

Frequency#596Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
icherzieheI educate
duerziehstyou educate
er/sie/eserziehthe/she/it educates
wirerziehenwe educate
ihrerziehtyou (pl.) educate
sie/Sieerziehenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
icherzogI educated
duerzogstyou educated
er/sie/eserzoghe/she/it educated
wirerzogenwe educated
ihrerzogtyou (pl.) educated
sie/Sieerzogenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe erzogenI have educated
duhast erzogenyou have educated
er/sie/eshat erzogenhe/she/it has educated
wirhaben erzogenwe have educated
ihrhabt erzogenyou (pl.) have educated
sie/Siehaben erzogenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte erzogenI had educated
duhattest erzogenyou had educated
er/sie/eshatte erzogenhe/she/it had educated
wirhatten erzogenwe had educated
ihrhattet erzogenyou (pl.) had educated
sie/Siehatten erzogenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde erziehenI will educate
duwirst erziehenyou will educate
er/sie/eswird erziehenhe/she/it will educate
wirwerden erziehenwe will educate
ihrwerdet erziehenyou (pl.) will educate
sie/Siewerden erziehenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde erzogen habenI will have educated
duwirst erzogen habenyou will have educated
er/sie/eswird erzogen habenhe/she/it will have educated
wirwerden erzogen habenwe will have educated
ihrwerdet erzogen habenyou (pl.) will have educated
sie/Siewerden erzogen habenthey 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?

PronounGerman
icherzöge
duerzögest
er/sie/eserzöge
wirerzögen
ihrerzöget
sie/Sieerzögen

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.

PronounGerman
duerziehe
ihrerzieht