interviewen — German conjugation

to interview

Frequency#1366Regular

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
ichintervieweI interview
duinterviewstyou interview
er/sie/esinterviewthe/she/it interviews
wirinterviewenwe interview
ihrinterviewtyou (pl.) interview
sie/Sieinterviewenthey interview

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
ichinterviewteI interviewed
duinterviewtestyou interviewed
er/sie/esinterviewtehe/she/it interviewed
wirinterviewtenwe interviewed
ihrinterviewtetyou (pl.) interviewed
sie/Sieinterviewtenthey interviewed

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 interviewtI have interviewed
duhast interviewtyou have interviewed
er/sie/eshat interviewthe/she/it has interviewed
wirhaben interviewtwe have interviewed
ihrhabt interviewtyou (pl.) have interviewed
sie/Siehaben interviewtthey have interviewed

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 interviewtI had interviewed
duhattest interviewtyou had interviewed
er/sie/eshatte interviewthe/she/it had interviewed
wirhatten interviewtwe had interviewed
ihrhattet interviewtyou (pl.) had interviewed
sie/Siehatten interviewtthey had interviewed

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 interviewenI will interview
duwirst interviewenyou will interview
er/sie/eswird interviewenhe/she/it will interview
wirwerden interviewenwe will interview
ihrwerdet interviewenyou (pl.) will interview
sie/Siewerden interviewenthey will interview

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

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
ichinterviewte
duinterviewtest
er/sie/esinterviewte
wirinterviewten
ihrinterviewtet
sie/Sieinterviewten

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
duinterviewe
ihrinterviewt