fortschaffen — German conjugation
to remove
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 | schaffe fort | I remove |
| du | schaffst fort | you remove |
| er/sie/es | schafft fort | he/she/it removes |
| wir | schaffen fort | we remove |
| ihr | schafft fort | you (pl.) remove |
| sie/Sie | schaffen fort | they remove |
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 | schaffte fort | I removed |
| du | schafftest fort | you removed |
| er/sie/es | schaffte fort | he/she/it removed |
| wir | schafften fort | we removed |
| ihr | schafftet fort | you (pl.) removed |
| sie/Sie | schafften fort | they removed |
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 fortgeschafft | I have removed |
| du | hast fortgeschafft | you have removed |
| er/sie/es | hat fortgeschafft | he/she/it has removed |
| wir | haben fortgeschafft | we have removed |
| ihr | habt fortgeschafft | you (pl.) have removed |
| sie/Sie | haben fortgeschafft | they have removed |
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 fortgeschafft | I had removed |
| du | hattest fortgeschafft | you had removed |
| er/sie/es | hatte fortgeschafft | he/she/it had removed |
| wir | hatten fortgeschafft | we had removed |
| ihr | hattet fortgeschafft | you (pl.) had removed |
| sie/Sie | hatten fortgeschafft | they had removed |
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 fortschaffen | I will remove |
| du | wirst fortschaffen | you will remove |
| er/sie/es | wird fortschaffen | he/she/it will remove |
| wir | werden fortschaffen | we will remove |
| ihr | werdet fortschaffen | you (pl.) will remove |
| sie/Sie | werden fortschaffen | they will remove |
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 fortgeschafft haben | I will have removed |
| du | wirst fortgeschafft haben | you will have removed |
| er/sie/es | wird fortgeschafft haben | he/she/it will have removed |
| wir | werden fortgeschafft haben | we will have removed |
| ihr | werdet fortgeschafft haben | you (pl.) will have removed |
| sie/Sie | werden fortgeschafft haben | they will have removed |
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 | schaffte fort |
| du | schafftest fort |
| er/sie/es | schaffte fort |
| wir | schafften fort |
| ihr | schafftet fort |
| sie/Sie | schafften 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 | schaffe fort |
| ihr | schafft fort |