heimgehen — German conjugation
to go 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 | gehe heim | I go home |
| du | gehst heim | you go home |
| er/sie/es | geht heim | he/she/it goes home |
| wir | gehen heim | we go home |
| ihr | geht heim | you (pl.) go home |
| sie/Sie | gehen heim | they go 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 | ging heim | I went home |
| du | gingst heim | you went home |
| er/sie/es | ging heim | he/she/it went home |
| wir | gingen heim | we went home |
| ihr | gingt heim | you (pl.) went home |
| sie/Sie | gingen heim | they went 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 | bin heimgegangen | I have gone home |
| du | bist heimgegangen | you have gone home |
| er/sie/es | ist heimgegangen | he/she/it has gone home |
| wir | sind heimgegangen | we have gone home |
| ihr | seid heimgegangen | you (pl.) have gone home |
| sie/Sie | sind heimgegangen | they have gone 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 | war heimgegangen | I had gone home |
| du | warst heimgegangen | you had gone home |
| er/sie/es | war heimgegangen | he/she/it had gone home |
| wir | waren heimgegangen | we had gone home |
| ihr | wart heimgegangen | you (pl.) had gone home |
| sie/Sie | waren heimgegangen | they had gone 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 heimgehen | I will go home |
| du | wirst heimgehen | you will go home |
| er/sie/es | wird heimgehen | he/she/it will go home |
| wir | werden heimgehen | we will go home |
| ihr | werdet heimgehen | you (pl.) will go home |
| sie/Sie | werden heimgehen | they will go 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 heimgegangen sein | I will have gone home |
| du | wirst heimgegangen sein | you will have gone home |
| er/sie/es | wird heimgegangen sein | he/she/it will have gone home |
| wir | werden heimgegangen sein | we will have gone home |
| ihr | werdet heimgegangen sein | you (pl.) will have gone home |
| sie/Sie | werden heimgegangen sein | they will have gone 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 | ginge heim |
| du | gingest heim |
| er/sie/es | ginge heim |
| wir | gingen heim |
| ihr | ginget heim |
| sie/Sie | gingen 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 | gehe heim |
| ihr | geht heim |