korrigieren — German conjugation

to correct

Frequency#440Regular

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
ichkorrigiereI correct
dukorrigierstyou correct
er/sie/eskorrigierthe/she/it corrects
wirkorrigierenwe correct
ihrkorrigiertyou (pl.) correct
sie/Siekorrigierenthey correct

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
ichkorrigierteI corrected
dukorrigiertestyou corrected
er/sie/eskorrigiertehe/she/it corrected
wirkorrigiertenwe corrected
ihrkorrigiertetyou (pl.) corrected
sie/Siekorrigiertenthey corrected

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 korrigiertI have corrected
duhast korrigiertyou have corrected
er/sie/eshat korrigierthe/she/it has corrected
wirhaben korrigiertwe have corrected
ihrhabt korrigiertyou (pl.) have corrected
sie/Siehaben korrigiertthey have corrected

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 korrigiertI had corrected
duhattest korrigiertyou had corrected
er/sie/eshatte korrigierthe/she/it had corrected
wirhatten korrigiertwe had corrected
ihrhattet korrigiertyou (pl.) had corrected
sie/Siehatten korrigiertthey had corrected

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 korrigierenI will correct
duwirst korrigierenyou will correct
er/sie/eswird korrigierenhe/she/it will correct
wirwerden korrigierenwe will correct
ihrwerdet korrigierenyou (pl.) will correct
sie/Siewerden korrigierenthey will correct

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

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
ichkorrigierte
dukorrigiertest
er/sie/eskorrigierte
wirkorrigierten
ihrkorrigiertet
sie/Siekorrigierten

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
dukorrigiere
ihrkorrigiert