jagen — German conjugation

to hunt

Frequency#2509Regular

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
ichjageI hunt
dujagstyou hunt
er/sie/esjagthe/she/it hunts
wirjagenwe hunt
ihrjagtyou (pl.) hunt
sie/Siejagenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichjagteI hunted
dujagtestyou hunted
er/sie/esjagtehe/she/it hunted
wirjagtenwe hunted
ihrjagtetyou (pl.) hunted
sie/Siejagtenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gejagtI have hunted
duhast gejagtyou have hunted
er/sie/eshat gejagthe/she/it has hunted
wirhaben gejagtwe have hunted
ihrhabt gejagtyou (pl.) have hunted
sie/Siehaben gejagtthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gejagtI had hunted
duhattest gejagtyou had hunted
er/sie/eshatte gejagthe/she/it had hunted
wirhatten gejagtwe had hunted
ihrhattet gejagtyou (pl.) had hunted
sie/Siehatten gejagtthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde jagenI will hunt
duwirst jagenyou will hunt
er/sie/eswird jagenhe/she/it will hunt
wirwerden jagenwe will hunt
ihrwerdet jagenyou (pl.) will hunt
sie/Siewerden jagenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gejagt habenI will have hunted
duwirst gejagt habenyou will have hunted
er/sie/eswird gejagt habenhe/she/it will have hunted
wirwerden gejagt habenwe will have hunted
ihrwerdet gejagt habenyou (pl.) will have hunted
sie/Siewerden gejagt habenthey 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?

PronounGerman
ichjagte
dujagtest
er/sie/esjagte
wirjagten
ihrjagtet
sie/Siejagten

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
dujage
ihrjagt