heimbringen — German conjugation
to bring home
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | bringe heim | I bring home |
| du | bringst heim | you bring home |
| er/sie/es | bringt heim | he/she/it brings home |
| wir | bringen heim | we bring home |
| ihr | bringt heim | you (pl.) bring home |
| sie/Sie | bringen heim | they bring home |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | brachte heim | I brought home |
| du | brachtest heim | you brought home |
| er/sie/es | brachte heim | he/she/it brought home |
| wir | brachten heim | we brought home |
| ihr | brachtet heim | you (pl.) brought home |
| sie/Sie | brachten heim | they brought home |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 heimgebracht | I have brought home |
| du | hast heimgebracht | you have brought home |
| er/sie/es | hat heimgebracht | he/she/it has brought home |
| wir | haben heimgebracht | we have brought home |
| ihr | habt heimgebracht | you (pl.) have brought home |
| sie/Sie | haben heimgebracht | they have brought home |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 heimgebracht | I had brought home |
| du | hattest heimgebracht | you had brought home |
| er/sie/es | hatte heimgebracht | he/she/it had brought home |
| wir | hatten heimgebracht | we had brought home |
| ihr | hattet heimgebracht | you (pl.) had brought home |
| sie/Sie | hatten heimgebracht | they had brought home |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 heimbringen | I will bring home |
| du | wirst heimbringen | you will bring home |
| er/sie/es | wird heimbringen | he/she/it will bring home |
| wir | werden heimbringen | we will bring home |
| ihr | werdet heimbringen | you (pl.) will bring home |
| sie/Sie | werden heimbringen | they will bring home |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 heimgebracht haben | I will have brought home |
| du | wirst heimgebracht haben | you will have brought home |
| er/sie/es | wird heimgebracht haben | he/she/it will have brought home |
| wir | werden heimgebracht haben | we will have brought home |
| ihr | werdet heimgebracht haben | you (pl.) will have brought home |
| sie/Sie | werden heimgebracht haben | they will have brought home |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | brächte heim |
| du | brächtest heim |
| er/sie/es | brächte heim |
| wir | brächten heim |
| ihr | brächtet heim |
| sie/Sie | brächten heim |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | bringe heim |
| ihr | bringt heim |