heilen — German conjugation
to heal
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 | heile | I heal |
| du | heilst | you heal |
| er/sie/es | heilt | he/she/it heals |
| wir | heilen | we heal |
| ihr | heilt | you (pl.) heal |
| sie/Sie | heilen | they heal |
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 | heilte | I healed |
| du | heiltest | you healed |
| er/sie/es | heilte | he/she/it healed |
| wir | heilten | we healed |
| ihr | heiltet | you (pl.) healed |
| sie/Sie | heilten | they healed |
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 | bin geheilt | I have healed |
| du | bist geheilt | you have healed |
| er/sie/es | ist geheilt | he/she/it has healed |
| wir | sind geheilt | we have healed |
| ihr | seid geheilt | you (pl.) have healed |
| sie/Sie | sind geheilt | they have healed |
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 | war geheilt | I had healed |
| du | warst geheilt | you had healed |
| er/sie/es | war geheilt | he/she/it had healed |
| wir | waren geheilt | we had healed |
| ihr | wart geheilt | you (pl.) had healed |
| sie/Sie | waren geheilt | they had healed |
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 heilen | I will heal |
| du | wirst heilen | you will heal |
| er/sie/es | wird heilen | he/she/it will heal |
| wir | werden heilen | we will heal |
| ihr | werdet heilen | you (pl.) will heal |
| sie/Sie | werden heilen | they will heal |
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 geheilt sein | I will have healed |
| du | wirst geheilt sein | you will have healed |
| er/sie/es | wird geheilt sein | he/she/it will have healed |
| wir | werden geheilt sein | we will have healed |
| ihr | werdet geheilt sein | you (pl.) will have healed |
| sie/Sie | werden geheilt sein | they will have healed |
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 | heilte |
| du | heiltest |
| er/sie/es | heilte |
| wir | heilten |
| ihr | heiltet |
| sie/Sie | heilten |
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 | heile |
| ihr | heilt |