herstellen — German conjugation
to produce
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 | stelle her | I produce |
| du | stellst her | you produce |
| er/sie/es | stellt her | he/she/it produces |
| wir | stellen her | we produce |
| ihr | stellt her | you (pl.) produce |
| sie/Sie | stellen her | they produce |
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 | stellte her | I produced |
| du | stelltest her | you produced |
| er/sie/es | stellte her | he/she/it produced |
| wir | stellten her | we produced |
| ihr | stelltet her | you (pl.) produced |
| sie/Sie | stellten her | they produced |
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 hergestellt | I have produced |
| du | hast hergestellt | you have produced |
| er/sie/es | hat hergestellt | he/she/it has produced |
| wir | haben hergestellt | we have produced |
| ihr | habt hergestellt | you (pl.) have produced |
| sie/Sie | haben hergestellt | they have produced |
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 hergestellt | I had produced |
| du | hattest hergestellt | you had produced |
| er/sie/es | hatte hergestellt | he/she/it had produced |
| wir | hatten hergestellt | we had produced |
| ihr | hattet hergestellt | you (pl.) had produced |
| sie/Sie | hatten hergestellt | they had produced |
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 herstellen | I will produce |
| du | wirst herstellen | you will produce |
| er/sie/es | wird herstellen | he/she/it will produce |
| wir | werden herstellen | we will produce |
| ihr | werdet herstellen | you (pl.) will produce |
| sie/Sie | werden herstellen | they will produce |
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 hergestellt haben | I will have produced |
| du | wirst hergestellt haben | you will have produced |
| er/sie/es | wird hergestellt haben | he/she/it will have produced |
| wir | werden hergestellt haben | we will have produced |
| ihr | werdet hergestellt haben | you (pl.) will have produced |
| sie/Sie | werden hergestellt haben | they will have produced |
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 | stellte her |
| du | stelltest her |
| er/sie/es | stellte her |
| wir | stellten her |
| ihr | stelltet her |
| sie/Sie | stellten her |
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 | stelle her |
| ihr | stellt her |