festmachen — German conjugation
to fix
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 | mache fest | I fix |
| du | machst fest | you fix |
| er/sie/es | macht fest | he/she/it fixes |
| wir | machen fest | we fix |
| ihr | macht fest | you (pl.) fix |
| sie/Sie | machen fest | they fix |
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 | machte fest | I fixed |
| du | machtest fest | you fixed |
| er/sie/es | machte fest | he/she/it fixed |
| wir | machten fest | we fixed |
| ihr | machtet fest | you (pl.) fixed |
| sie/Sie | machten fest | they fixed |
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 festgemacht | I have fixed |
| du | hast festgemacht | you have fixed |
| er/sie/es | hat festgemacht | he/she/it has fixed |
| wir | haben festgemacht | we have fixed |
| ihr | habt festgemacht | you (pl.) have fixed |
| sie/Sie | haben festgemacht | they have fixed |
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 festgemacht | I had fixed |
| du | hattest festgemacht | you had fixed |
| er/sie/es | hatte festgemacht | he/she/it had fixed |
| wir | hatten festgemacht | we had fixed |
| ihr | hattet festgemacht | you (pl.) had fixed |
| sie/Sie | hatten festgemacht | they had fixed |
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 festmachen | I will fix |
| du | wirst festmachen | you will fix |
| er/sie/es | wird festmachen | he/she/it will fix |
| wir | werden festmachen | we will fix |
| ihr | werdet festmachen | you (pl.) will fix |
| sie/Sie | werden festmachen | they will fix |
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 festgemacht haben | I will have fixed |
| du | wirst festgemacht haben | you will have fixed |
| er/sie/es | wird festgemacht haben | he/she/it will have fixed |
| wir | werden festgemacht haben | we will have fixed |
| ihr | werdet festgemacht haben | you (pl.) will have fixed |
| sie/Sie | werden festgemacht haben | they will have fixed |
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 | machte fest |
| du | machtest fest |
| er/sie/es | machte fest |
| wir | machten fest |
| ihr | machtet fest |
| sie/Sie | machten fest |
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 | mache fest |
| ihr | macht fest |