hinfallen — German conjugation
to fall down
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 | falle hin | I fall down |
| du | fällst hin | you fall down |
| er/sie/es | fällt hin | he/she/it falls down |
| wir | fallen hin | we fall down |
| ihr | fallt hin | you (pl.) fall down |
| sie/Sie | fallen hin | they fall down |
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 | fiel hin | I fell down |
| du | fielst hin | you fell down |
| er/sie/es | fiel hin | he/she/it fell down |
| wir | fielen hin | we fell down |
| ihr | fielt hin | you (pl.) fell down |
| sie/Sie | fielen hin | they fell down |
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 hingefallen | I have fallen down |
| du | bist hingefallen | you have fallen down |
| er/sie/es | ist hingefallen | he/she/it has fallen down |
| wir | sind hingefallen | we have fallen down |
| ihr | seid hingefallen | you (pl.) have fallen down |
| sie/Sie | sind hingefallen | they have fallen down |
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 hingefallen | I had fallen down |
| du | warst hingefallen | you had fallen down |
| er/sie/es | war hingefallen | he/she/it had fallen down |
| wir | waren hingefallen | we had fallen down |
| ihr | wart hingefallen | you (pl.) had fallen down |
| sie/Sie | waren hingefallen | they had fallen down |
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 hinfallen | I will fall down |
| du | wirst hinfallen | you will fall down |
| er/sie/es | wird hinfallen | he/she/it will fall down |
| wir | werden hinfallen | we will fall down |
| ihr | werdet hinfallen | you (pl.) will fall down |
| sie/Sie | werden hinfallen | they will fall down |
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 hingefallen sein | I will have fallen down |
| du | wirst hingefallen sein | you will have fallen down |
| er/sie/es | wird hingefallen sein | he/she/it will have fallen down |
| wir | werden hingefallen sein | we will have fallen down |
| ihr | werdet hingefallen sein | you (pl.) will have fallen down |
| sie/Sie | werden hingefallen sein | they will have fallen down |
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 | fiele hin |
| du | fielest hin |
| er/sie/es | fiele hin |
| wir | fielen hin |
| ihr | fielet hin |
| sie/Sie | fielen hin |
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 | falle hin |
| ihr | fallt hin |