hüten — German conjugation

to guard

Frequency#1022Regular

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
ichhüteI guard
duhütestyou guard
er/sie/eshütethe/she/it guards
wirhütenwe guard
ihrhütetyou (pl.) guard
sie/Siehütenthey guard

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
ichhüteteI guarded
duhütetestyou guarded
er/sie/eshütetehe/she/it guarded
wirhütetenwe guarded
ihrhütetetyou (pl.) guarded
sie/Siehütetenthey guarded

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 gehütetI have guarded
duhast gehütetyou have guarded
er/sie/eshat gehütethe/she/it has guarded
wirhaben gehütetwe have guarded
ihrhabt gehütetyou (pl.) have guarded
sie/Siehaben gehütetthey have guarded

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 gehütetI had guarded
duhattest gehütetyou had guarded
er/sie/eshatte gehütethe/she/it had guarded
wirhatten gehütetwe had guarded
ihrhattet gehütetyou (pl.) had guarded
sie/Siehatten gehütetthey had guarded

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 hütenI will guard
duwirst hütenyou will guard
er/sie/eswird hütenhe/she/it will guard
wirwerden hütenwe will guard
ihrwerdet hütenyou (pl.) will guard
sie/Siewerden hütenthey will guard

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 gehütet habenI will have guarded
duwirst gehütet habenyou will have guarded
er/sie/eswird gehütet habenhe/she/it will have guarded
wirwerden gehütet habenwe will have guarded
ihrwerdet gehütet habenyou (pl.) will have guarded
sie/Siewerden gehütet habenthey will have guarded

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
ichhütete
duhütetest
er/sie/eshütete
wirhüteten
ihrhütetet
sie/Siehüteten

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
duhüte
ihrhütet