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