halsen — German conjugation
to tack (sailing)
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 | halse | I tack |
| du | halst | you tack |
| er/sie/es | halst | he/she/it tacks |
| wir | halsen | we tack |
| ihr | halst | you (pl.) tack |
| sie/Sie | halsen | they tack |
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 | halste | I tacked |
| du | halstest | you tacked |
| er/sie/es | halste | he/she/it tacked |
| wir | halsten | we tacked |
| ihr | halstet | you (pl.) tacked |
| sie/Sie | halsten | they tacked |
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 gehalst | I have tacked |
| du | hast gehalst | you have tacked |
| er/sie/es | hat gehalst | he/she/it has tacked |
| wir | haben gehalst | we have tacked |
| ihr | habt gehalst | you (pl.) have tacked |
| sie/Sie | haben gehalst | they have tacked |
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 gehalst | I had tacked |
| du | hattest gehalst | you had tacked |
| er/sie/es | hatte gehalst | he/she/it had tacked |
| wir | hatten gehalst | we had tacked |
| ihr | hattet gehalst | you (pl.) had tacked |
| sie/Sie | hatten gehalst | they had tacked |
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 halsen | I will tack |
| du | wirst halsen | you will tack |
| er/sie/es | wird halsen | he/she/it will tack |
| wir | werden halsen | we will tack |
| ihr | werdet halsen | you (pl.) will tack |
| sie/Sie | werden halsen | they will tack |
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 gehalst haben | I will have tacked |
| du | wirst gehalst haben | you will have tacked |
| er/sie/es | wird gehalst haben | he/she/it will have tacked |
| wir | werden gehalst haben | we will have tacked |
| ihr | werdet gehalst haben | you (pl.) will have tacked |
| sie/Sie | werden gehalst haben | they will have tacked |
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 | halste |
| du | halstest |
| er/sie/es | halste |
| wir | halsten |
| ihr | halstet |
| sie/Sie | halsten |
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 | halse |
| ihr | halst |