fortreisen — German conjugation
to travel
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 | reise fort | I travel |
| du | reist fort | you travel |
| er/sie/es | reist fort | he/she/it travels |
| wir | reisen fort | we travel |
| ihr | reist fort | you (pl.) travel |
| sie/Sie | reisen fort | they travel |
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 | reiste fort | I travelled |
| du | reistest fort | you travelled |
| er/sie/es | reiste fort | he/she/it travelled |
| wir | reisten fort | we travelled |
| ihr | reistet fort | you (pl.) travelled |
| sie/Sie | reisten fort | they travelled |
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 | bin fortgereist | I have travelled |
| du | bist fortgereist | you have travelled |
| er/sie/es | ist fortgereist | he/she/it has travelled |
| wir | sind fortgereist | we have travelled |
| ihr | seid fortgereist | you (pl.) have travelled |
| sie/Sie | sind fortgereist | they have travelled |
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 | war fortgereist | I had travelled |
| du | warst fortgereist | you had travelled |
| er/sie/es | war fortgereist | he/she/it had travelled |
| wir | waren fortgereist | we had travelled |
| ihr | wart fortgereist | you (pl.) had travelled |
| sie/Sie | waren fortgereist | they had travelled |
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 fortreisen | I will travel |
| du | wirst fortreisen | you will travel |
| er/sie/es | wird fortreisen | he/she/it will travel |
| wir | werden fortreisen | we will travel |
| ihr | werdet fortreisen | you (pl.) will travel |
| sie/Sie | werden fortreisen | they will travel |
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 fortgereist sein | I will have travelled |
| du | wirst fortgereist sein | you will have travelled |
| er/sie/es | wird fortgereist sein | he/she/it will have travelled |
| wir | werden fortgereist sein | we will have travelled |
| ihr | werdet fortgereist sein | you (pl.) will have travelled |
| sie/Sie | werden fortgereist sein | they will have travelled |
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 | reiste fort |
| du | reistest fort |
| er/sie/es | reiste fort |
| wir | reisten fort |
| ihr | reistet fort |
| sie/Sie | reisten fort |
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 | reise fort |
| ihr | reist fort |