jagen — German conjugation
to hunt
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | jage | I hunt |
| du | jagst | you hunt |
| er/sie/es | jagt | he/she/it hunts |
| wir | jagen | we hunt |
| ihr | jagt | you (pl.) hunt |
| sie/Sie | jagen | they hunt |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | jagte | I hunted |
| du | jagtest | you hunted |
| er/sie/es | jagte | he/she/it hunted |
| wir | jagten | we hunted |
| ihr | jagtet | you (pl.) hunted |
| sie/Sie | jagten | they hunted |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe gejagt | I have hunted |
| du | hast gejagt | you have hunted |
| er/sie/es | hat gejagt | he/she/it has hunted |
| wir | haben gejagt | we have hunted |
| ihr | habt gejagt | you (pl.) have hunted |
| sie/Sie | haben gejagt | they have hunted |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte gejagt | I had hunted |
| du | hattest gejagt | you had hunted |
| er/sie/es | hatte gejagt | he/she/it had hunted |
| wir | hatten gejagt | we had hunted |
| ihr | hattet gejagt | you (pl.) had hunted |
| sie/Sie | hatten gejagt | they had hunted |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde jagen | I will hunt |
| du | wirst jagen | you will hunt |
| er/sie/es | wird jagen | he/she/it will hunt |
| wir | werden jagen | we will hunt |
| ihr | werdet jagen | you (pl.) will hunt |
| sie/Sie | werden jagen | they will hunt |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde gejagt haben | I will have hunted |
| du | wirst gejagt haben | you will have hunted |
| er/sie/es | wird gejagt haben | he/she/it will have hunted |
| wir | werden gejagt haben | we will have hunted |
| ihr | werdet gejagt haben | you (pl.) will have hunted |
| sie/Sie | werden gejagt haben | they will have hunted |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | jagte |
| du | jagtest |
| er/sie/es | jagte |
| wir | jagten |
| ihr | jagtet |
| sie/Sie | jagten |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | jage |
| ihr | jagt |