fortziehen — German conjugation
to move 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 | ziehe fort | I move away |
| du | ziehst fort | you move away |
| er/sie/es | zieht fort | he/she/it moves away |
| wir | ziehen fort | we move away |
| ihr | zieht fort | you (pl.) move away |
| sie/Sie | ziehen fort | they move 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 | zog fort | I moved away |
| du | zogst fort | you moved away |
| er/sie/es | zog fort | he/she/it moved away |
| wir | zogen fort | we moved away |
| ihr | zogt fort | you (pl.) moved away |
| sie/Sie | zogen fort | they moved 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 fortgezogen | I have moved away |
| du | hast fortgezogen | you have moved away |
| er/sie/es | hat fortgezogen | he/she/it has moved away |
| wir | haben fortgezogen | we have moved away |
| ihr | habt fortgezogen | you (pl.) have moved away |
| sie/Sie | haben fortgezogen | they have moved 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 fortgezogen | I had moved away |
| du | hattest fortgezogen | you had moved away |
| er/sie/es | hatte fortgezogen | he/she/it had moved away |
| wir | hatten fortgezogen | we had moved away |
| ihr | hattet fortgezogen | you (pl.) had moved away |
| sie/Sie | hatten fortgezogen | they had moved 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 fortziehen | I will move away |
| du | wirst fortziehen | you will move away |
| er/sie/es | wird fortziehen | he/she/it will move away |
| wir | werden fortziehen | we will move away |
| ihr | werdet fortziehen | you (pl.) will move away |
| sie/Sie | werden fortziehen | they will move 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 fortgezogen haben | I will have moved away |
| du | wirst fortgezogen haben | you will have moved away |
| er/sie/es | wird fortgezogen haben | he/she/it will have moved away |
| wir | werden fortgezogen haben | we will have moved away |
| ihr | werdet fortgezogen haben | you (pl.) will have moved away |
| sie/Sie | werden fortgezogen haben | they will have moved 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 | zöge fort |
| du | zögest fort |
| er/sie/es | zöge fort |
| wir | zögen fort |
| ihr | zöget fort |
| sie/Sie | zögen 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 | ziehe fort |
| ihr | zieht fort |