herunterladen — German conjugation
to download
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 | lade herunter | I download |
| du | lädst herunter | you download |
| er/sie/es | lädt herunter | he/she/it downloads |
| wir | laden herunter | we download |
| ihr | ladet herunter | you (pl.) download |
| sie/Sie | laden herunter | they download |
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 | lud herunter | I downloaded |
| du | ludest herunter | you downloaded |
| er/sie/es | lud herunter | he/she/it downloaded |
| wir | luden herunter | we downloaded |
| ihr | ludet herunter | you (pl.) downloaded |
| sie/Sie | luden herunter | they downloaded |
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 heruntergeladen | I have downloaded |
| du | hast heruntergeladen | you have downloaded |
| er/sie/es | hat heruntergeladen | he/she/it has downloaded |
| wir | haben heruntergeladen | we have downloaded |
| ihr | habt heruntergeladen | you (pl.) have downloaded |
| sie/Sie | haben heruntergeladen | they have downloaded |
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 heruntergeladen | I had downloaded |
| du | hattest heruntergeladen | you had downloaded |
| er/sie/es | hatte heruntergeladen | he/she/it had downloaded |
| wir | hatten heruntergeladen | we had downloaded |
| ihr | hattet heruntergeladen | you (pl.) had downloaded |
| sie/Sie | hatten heruntergeladen | they had downloaded |
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 herunterladen | I will download |
| du | wirst herunterladen | you will download |
| er/sie/es | wird herunterladen | he/she/it will download |
| wir | werden herunterladen | we will download |
| ihr | werdet herunterladen | you (pl.) will download |
| sie/Sie | werden herunterladen | they will download |
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 heruntergeladen haben | I will have downloaded |
| du | wirst heruntergeladen haben | you will have downloaded |
| er/sie/es | wird heruntergeladen haben | he/she/it will have downloaded |
| wir | werden heruntergeladen haben | we will have downloaded |
| ihr | werdet heruntergeladen haben | you (pl.) will have downloaded |
| sie/Sie | werden heruntergeladen haben | they will have downloaded |
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 | lüde herunter |
| du | lüdest herunter |
| er/sie/es | lüde herunter |
| wir | lüden herunter |
| ihr | lüdet herunter |
| sie/Sie | lüden herunter |
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 | lade herunter |
| ihr | ladet herunter |