heiraten — German conjugation
to marry; to get married
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 | heirate | I marry |
| du | heiratest | you marry |
| er/sie/es | heiratet | he/she/it marries |
| wir | heiraten | we marry |
| ihr | heiratet | you (pl.) marry |
| sie/Sie | heiraten | they marry |
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 | heiratete | I married |
| du | heiratetest | you married |
| er/sie/es | heiratete | he/she/it married |
| wir | heirateten | we married |
| ihr | heiratetet | you (pl.) married |
| sie/Sie | heirateten | they married |
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 geheiratet | I have married |
| du | hast geheiratet | you have married |
| er/sie/es | hat geheiratet | he/she/it has married |
| wir | haben geheiratet | we have married |
| ihr | habt geheiratet | you (pl.) have married |
| sie/Sie | haben geheiratet | they have married |
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 geheiratet | I had married |
| du | hattest geheiratet | you had married |
| er/sie/es | hatte geheiratet | he/she/it had married |
| wir | hatten geheiratet | we had married |
| ihr | hattet geheiratet | you (pl.) had married |
| sie/Sie | hatten geheiratet | they had married |
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 heiraten | I will marry |
| du | wirst heiraten | you will marry |
| er/sie/es | wird heiraten | he/she/it will marry |
| wir | werden heiraten | we will marry |
| ihr | werdet heiraten | you (pl.) will marry |
| sie/Sie | werden heiraten | they will marry |
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 geheiratet haben | I will have married |
| du | wirst geheiratet haben | you will have married |
| er/sie/es | wird geheiratet haben | he/she/it will have married |
| wir | werden geheiratet haben | we will have married |
| ihr | werdet geheiratet haben | you (pl.) will have married |
| sie/Sie | werden geheiratet haben | they will have married |
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 | heiratete |
| du | heiratetest |
| er/sie/es | heiratete |
| wir | heirateten |
| ihr | heiratetet |
| sie/Sie | heirateten |
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 | heirate |
| ihr | heiratet |