herbringen — German conjugation
to bring
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 her | I bring |
| du | bringst her | you bring |
| er/sie/es | bringt her | he/she/it brings |
| wir | bringen her | we bring |
| ihr | bringt her | you (pl.) bring |
| sie/Sie | bringen her | they bring |
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 her | I brought |
| du | brachtest her | you brought |
| er/sie/es | brachte her | he/she/it brought |
| wir | brachten her | we brought |
| ihr | brachtet her | you (pl.) brought |
| sie/Sie | brachten her | they brought |
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 hergebracht | I have brought |
| du | hast hergebracht | you have brought |
| er/sie/es | hat hergebracht | he/she/it has brought |
| wir | haben hergebracht | we have brought |
| ihr | habt hergebracht | you (pl.) have brought |
| sie/Sie | haben hergebracht | they have brought |
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 hergebracht | I had brought |
| du | hattest hergebracht | you had brought |
| er/sie/es | hatte hergebracht | he/she/it had brought |
| wir | hatten hergebracht | we had brought |
| ihr | hattet hergebracht | you (pl.) had brought |
| sie/Sie | hatten hergebracht | they had brought |
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 herbringen | I will bring |
| du | wirst herbringen | you will bring |
| er/sie/es | wird herbringen | he/she/it will bring |
| wir | werden herbringen | we will bring |
| ihr | werdet herbringen | you (pl.) will bring |
| sie/Sie | werden herbringen | they will bring |
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 hergebracht haben | I will have brought |
| du | wirst hergebracht haben | you will have brought |
| er/sie/es | wird hergebracht haben | he/she/it will have brought |
| wir | werden hergebracht haben | we will have brought |
| ihr | werdet hergebracht haben | you (pl.) will have brought |
| sie/Sie | werden hergebracht haben | they will have brought |
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 her |
| du | brächtest her |
| er/sie/es | brächte her |
| wir | brächten her |
| ihr | brächtet her |
| sie/Sie | brächten her |
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 her |
| ihr | bringt her |