hinwerfen — German conjugation
to throw 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 | werfe hin | I throw down |
| du | wirfst hin | you throw down |
| er/sie/es | wirft hin | he/she/it throws down |
| wir | werfen hin | we throw down |
| ihr | werft hin | you (pl.) throw down |
| sie/Sie | werfen hin | they throw 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 | warf hin | I threw down |
| du | warfst hin | you threw down |
| er/sie/es | warf hin | he/she/it threw down |
| wir | warfen hin | we threw down |
| ihr | warft hin | you (pl.) threw down |
| sie/Sie | warfen hin | they threw 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 | habe hingeworfen | I have thrown down |
| du | hast hingeworfen | you have thrown down |
| er/sie/es | hat hingeworfen | he/she/it has thrown down |
| wir | haben hingeworfen | we have thrown down |
| ihr | habt hingeworfen | you (pl.) have thrown down |
| sie/Sie | haben hingeworfen | they have thrown 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 | hatte hingeworfen | I had thrown down |
| du | hattest hingeworfen | you had thrown down |
| er/sie/es | hatte hingeworfen | he/she/it had thrown down |
| wir | hatten hingeworfen | we had thrown down |
| ihr | hattet hingeworfen | you (pl.) had thrown down |
| sie/Sie | hatten hingeworfen | they had thrown 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 hinwerfen | I will throw down |
| du | wirst hinwerfen | you will throw down |
| er/sie/es | wird hinwerfen | he/she/it will throw down |
| wir | werden hinwerfen | we will throw down |
| ihr | werdet hinwerfen | you (pl.) will throw down |
| sie/Sie | werden hinwerfen | they will throw 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 hingeworfen haben | I will have thrown down |
| du | wirst hingeworfen haben | you will have thrown down |
| er/sie/es | wird hingeworfen haben | he/she/it will have thrown down |
| wir | werden hingeworfen haben | we will have thrown down |
| ihr | werdet hingeworfen haben | you (pl.) will have thrown down |
| sie/Sie | werden hingeworfen haben | they will have thrown 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 | würfe hin |
| du | würfest hin |
| er/sie/es | würfe hin |
| wir | würfen hin |
| ihr | würfet hin |
| sie/Sie | würfen 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 | wirf hin |
| ihr | werft hin |