herzen — German conjugation

to hug

Frequency#661Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichherzeI hug
duherztyou hug
er/sie/esherzthe/she/it hugs
wirherzenwe hug
ihrherztyou (pl.) hug
sie/Sieherzenthey hug

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichherzteI hugged
duherztestyou hugged
er/sie/esherztehe/she/it hugged
wirherztenwe hugged
ihrherztetyou (pl.) hugged
sie/Sieherztenthey hugged

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe geherztI have hugged
duhast geherztyou have hugged
er/sie/eshat geherzthe/she/it has hugged
wirhaben geherztwe have hugged
ihrhabt geherztyou (pl.) have hugged
sie/Siehaben geherztthey have hugged

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte geherztI had hugged
duhattest geherztyou had hugged
er/sie/eshatte geherzthe/she/it had hugged
wirhatten geherztwe had hugged
ihrhattet geherztyou (pl.) had hugged
sie/Siehatten geherztthey had hugged

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde herzenI will hug
duwirst herzenyou will hug
er/sie/eswird herzenhe/she/it will hug
wirwerden herzenwe will hug
ihrwerdet herzenyou (pl.) will hug
sie/Siewerden herzenthey will hug

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde geherzt habenI will have hugged
duwirst geherzt habenyou will have hugged
er/sie/eswird geherzt habenhe/she/it will have hugged
wirwerden geherzt habenwe will have hugged
ihrwerdet geherzt habenyou (pl.) will have hugged
sie/Siewerden geherzt habenthey will have hugged

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?

PronounGerman
ichherzte
duherztest
er/sie/esherzte
wirherzten
ihrherztet
sie/Sieherzten

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.

PronounGerman
duherze
ihrherzt