jäten — German conjugation

to weed

Frequency#2315Regular

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
ichjäteI weed
dujätestyou weed
er/sie/esjätethe/she/it weeds
wirjätenwe weed
ihrjätetyou (pl.) weed
sie/Siejätenthey weed

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
ichjäteteI weeded
dujätetestyou weeded
er/sie/esjätetehe/she/it weeded
wirjätetenwe weeded
ihrjätetetyou (pl.) weeded
sie/Siejätetenthey weeded

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 gejätetI have weeded
duhast gejätetyou have weeded
er/sie/eshat gejätethe/she/it has weeded
wirhaben gejätetwe have weeded
ihrhabt gejätetyou (pl.) have weeded
sie/Siehaben gejätetthey have weeded

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 gejätetI had weeded
duhattest gejätetyou had weeded
er/sie/eshatte gejätethe/she/it had weeded
wirhatten gejätetwe had weeded
ihrhattet gejätetyou (pl.) had weeded
sie/Siehatten gejätetthey had weeded

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 jätenI will weed
duwirst jätenyou will weed
er/sie/eswird jätenhe/she/it will weed
wirwerden jätenwe will weed
ihrwerdet jätenyou (pl.) will weed
sie/Siewerden jätenthey will weed

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

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
ichjätete
dujätetest
er/sie/esjätete
wirjäteten
ihrjätetet
sie/Siejäteten

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
dujäte
ihrjätet