heimkommen — German conjugation
to come 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 | komme heim | I come home |
| du | kommst heim | you come home |
| er/sie/es | kommt heim | he/she/it comes home |
| wir | kommen heim | we come home |
| ihr | kommt heim | you (pl.) come home |
| sie/Sie | kommen heim | they come 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 | kam heim | I came home |
| du | kamst heim | you came home |
| er/sie/es | kam heim | he/she/it came home |
| wir | kamen heim | we came home |
| ihr | kamt heim | you (pl.) came home |
| sie/Sie | kamen heim | they came 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 heimgekommen | I have come home |
| du | bist heimgekommen | you have come home |
| er/sie/es | ist heimgekommen | he/she/it has come home |
| wir | sind heimgekommen | we have come home |
| ihr | seid heimgekommen | you (pl.) have come home |
| sie/Sie | sind heimgekommen | they have come 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 heimgekommen | I had come home |
| du | warst heimgekommen | you had come home |
| er/sie/es | war heimgekommen | he/she/it had come home |
| wir | waren heimgekommen | we had come home |
| ihr | wart heimgekommen | you (pl.) had come home |
| sie/Sie | waren heimgekommen | they had come 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 heimkommen | I will come home |
| du | wirst heimkommen | you will come home |
| er/sie/es | wird heimkommen | he/she/it will come home |
| wir | werden heimkommen | we will come home |
| ihr | werdet heimkommen | you (pl.) will come home |
| sie/Sie | werden heimkommen | they will come 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 heimgekommen sein | I will have come home |
| du | wirst heimgekommen sein | you will have come home |
| er/sie/es | wird heimgekommen sein | he/she/it will have come home |
| wir | werden heimgekommen sein | we will have come home |
| ihr | werdet heimgekommen sein | you (pl.) will have come home |
| sie/Sie | werden heimgekommen sein | they will have come 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 | käme heim |
| du | kämest heim |
| er/sie/es | käme heim |
| wir | kämen heim |
| ihr | kämet heim |
| sie/Sie | kämen 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 | komm heim |
| ihr | kommt heim |