gelangen — German conjugation

to reach

Frequency#2573Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichgelangeI reach
dugelangstyou reach
er/sie/esgelangthe/she/it reaches
wirgelangenwe reach
ihrgelangtyou (pl.) reach
sie/Siegelangenthey reach

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichgelangteI reached
dugelangtestyou reached
er/sie/esgelangtehe/she/it reached
wirgelangtenwe reached
ihrgelangtetyou (pl.) reached
sie/Siegelangtenthey reached

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbin gelangtI have reached
dubist gelangtyou have reached
er/sie/esist gelangthe/she/it has reached
wirsind gelangtwe have reached
ihrseid gelangtyou (pl.) have reached
sie/Siesind gelangtthey have reached

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwar gelangtI had reached
duwarst gelangtyou had reached
er/sie/eswar gelangthe/she/it had reached
wirwaren gelangtwe had reached
ihrwart gelangtyou (pl.) had reached
sie/Siewaren gelangtthey had reached

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gelangenI will reach
duwirst gelangenyou will reach
er/sie/eswird gelangenhe/she/it will reach
wirwerden gelangenwe will reach
ihrwerdet gelangenyou (pl.) will reach
sie/Siewerden gelangenthey will reach

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gelangt seinI will have reached
duwirst gelangt seinyou will have reached
er/sie/eswird gelangt seinhe/she/it will have reached
wirwerden gelangt seinwe will have reached
ihrwerdet gelangt seinyou (pl.) will have reached
sie/Siewerden gelangt seinthey will have reached

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?

PronounGerman
ichgelangte
dugelangtest
er/sie/esgelangte
wirgelangten
ihrgelangtet
sie/Siegelangten

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.

PronounGerman
dugelange
ihrgelangt