hallen — German conjugation
to echo
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 | halle | I echo |
| du | hallst | you echo |
| er/sie/es | hallt | he/she/it echoes |
| wir | hallen | we echo |
| ihr | hallt | you (pl.) echo |
| sie/Sie | hallen | they echo |
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 | hallte | I echoed |
| du | halltest | you echoed |
| er/sie/es | hallte | he/she/it echoed |
| wir | hallten | we echoed |
| ihr | halltet | you (pl.) echoed |
| sie/Sie | hallten | they echoed |
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 gehallt | I have echoed |
| du | hast gehallt | you have echoed |
| er/sie/es | hat gehallt | he/she/it has echoed |
| wir | haben gehallt | we have echoed |
| ihr | habt gehallt | you (pl.) have echoed |
| sie/Sie | haben gehallt | they have echoed |
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 gehallt | I had echoed |
| du | hattest gehallt | you had echoed |
| er/sie/es | hatte gehallt | he/she/it had echoed |
| wir | hatten gehallt | we had echoed |
| ihr | hattet gehallt | you (pl.) had echoed |
| sie/Sie | hatten gehallt | they had echoed |
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 hallen | I will echo |
| du | wirst hallen | you will echo |
| er/sie/es | wird hallen | he/she/it will echo |
| wir | werden hallen | we will echo |
| ihr | werdet hallen | you (pl.) will echo |
| sie/Sie | werden hallen | they will echo |
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 gehallt haben | I will have echoed |
| du | wirst gehallt haben | you will have echoed |
| er/sie/es | wird gehallt haben | he/she/it will have echoed |
| wir | werden gehallt haben | we will have echoed |
| ihr | werdet gehallt haben | you (pl.) will have echoed |
| sie/Sie | werden gehallt haben | they will have echoed |
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 | hallte |
| du | halltest |
| er/sie/es | hallte |
| wir | hallten |
| ihr | halltet |
| sie/Sie | hallten |
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 | halle |
| ihr | hallt |