fortreißen — German conjugation
to tear away
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 | reiße fort | I tear away |
| du | reißt fort | you tear away |
| er/sie/es | reißt fort | he/she/it tears away |
| wir | reißen fort | we tear away |
| ihr | reißt fort | you (pl.) tear away |
| sie/Sie | reißen fort | they tear away |
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 | riss fort | I tore away |
| du | rissest fort | you tore away |
| er/sie/es | riss fort | he/she/it tore away |
| wir | rissen fort | we tore away |
| ihr | risst fort | you (pl.) tore away |
| sie/Sie | rissen fort | they tore away |
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 fortgerissen | I have torn away |
| du | hast fortgerissen | you have torn away |
| er/sie/es | hat fortgerissen | he/she/it has torn away |
| wir | haben fortgerissen | we have torn away |
| ihr | habt fortgerissen | you (pl.) have torn away |
| sie/Sie | haben fortgerissen | they have torn away |
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 fortgerissen | I had torn away |
| du | hattest fortgerissen | you had torn away |
| er/sie/es | hatte fortgerissen | he/she/it had torn away |
| wir | hatten fortgerissen | we had torn away |
| ihr | hattet fortgerissen | you (pl.) had torn away |
| sie/Sie | hatten fortgerissen | they had torn away |
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 fortreißen | I will tear away |
| du | wirst fortreißen | you will tear away |
| er/sie/es | wird fortreißen | he/she/it will tear away |
| wir | werden fortreißen | we will tear away |
| ihr | werdet fortreißen | you (pl.) will tear away |
| sie/Sie | werden fortreißen | they will tear away |
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 fortgerissen haben | I will have torn away |
| du | wirst fortgerissen haben | you will have torn away |
| er/sie/es | wird fortgerissen haben | he/she/it will have torn away |
| wir | werden fortgerissen haben | we will have torn away |
| ihr | werdet fortgerissen haben | you (pl.) will have torn away |
| sie/Sie | werden fortgerissen haben | they will have torn away |
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 | risse fort |
| du | rissest fort |
| er/sie/es | risse fort |
| wir | rissen fort |
| ihr | risset fort |
| sie/Sie | rissen fort |
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 | reiße fort |
| ihr | reißt fort |