hecken — German conjugation
to hedge
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 | hecke | I hedge |
| du | heckst | you hedge |
| er/sie/es | heckt | he/she/it hedges |
| wir | hecken | we hedge |
| ihr | heckt | you (pl.) hedge |
| sie/Sie | hecken | they hedge |
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 | heckte | I hedged |
| du | hecktest | you hedged |
| er/sie/es | heckte | he/she/it hedged |
| wir | heckten | we hedged |
| ihr | hecktet | you (pl.) hedged |
| sie/Sie | heckten | they hedged |
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 geheckt | I have hedged |
| du | hast geheckt | you have hedged |
| er/sie/es | hat geheckt | he/she/it has hedged |
| wir | haben geheckt | we have hedged |
| ihr | habt geheckt | you (pl.) have hedged |
| sie/Sie | haben geheckt | they have hedged |
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 geheckt | I had hedged |
| du | hattest geheckt | you had hedged |
| er/sie/es | hatte geheckt | he/she/it had hedged |
| wir | hatten geheckt | we had hedged |
| ihr | hattet geheckt | you (pl.) had hedged |
| sie/Sie | hatten geheckt | they had hedged |
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 hecken | I will hedge |
| du | wirst hecken | you will hedge |
| er/sie/es | wird hecken | he/she/it will hedge |
| wir | werden hecken | we will hedge |
| ihr | werdet hecken | you (pl.) will hedge |
| sie/Sie | werden hecken | they will hedge |
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 geheckt haben | I will have hedged |
| du | wirst geheckt haben | you will have hedged |
| er/sie/es | wird geheckt haben | he/she/it will have hedged |
| wir | werden geheckt haben | we will have hedged |
| ihr | werdet geheckt haben | you (pl.) will have hedged |
| sie/Sie | werden geheckt haben | they will have hedged |
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 | heckte |
| du | hecktest |
| er/sie/es | heckte |
| wir | heckten |
| ihr | hecktet |
| sie/Sie | heckten |
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 | hecke |
| ihr | heckt |