losgehen — German conjugation
to start off
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | gehe los | I start off |
| du | gehst los | you start off |
| er/sie/es | geht los | he/she/it starts off |
| wir | gehen los | we start off |
| ihr | geht los | you (pl.) start off |
| sie/Sie | gehen los | they start off |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | ging los | I started off |
| du | gingst los | you started off |
| er/sie/es | ging los | he/she/it started off |
| wir | gingen los | we started off |
| ihr | gingt los | you (pl.) started off |
| sie/Sie | gingen los | they started off |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 | bin losgegangen | I have started off |
| du | bist losgegangen | you have started off |
| er/sie/es | ist losgegangen | he/she/it has started off |
| wir | sind losgegangen | we have started off |
| ihr | seid losgegangen | you (pl.) have started off |
| sie/Sie | sind losgegangen | they have started off |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 | war losgegangen | I had started off |
| du | warst losgegangen | you had started off |
| er/sie/es | war losgegangen | he/she/it had started off |
| wir | waren losgegangen | we had started off |
| ihr | wart losgegangen | you (pl.) had started off |
| sie/Sie | waren losgegangen | they had started off |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 losgehen | I will start off |
| du | wirst losgehen | you will start off |
| er/sie/es | wird losgehen | he/she/it will start off |
| wir | werden losgehen | we will start off |
| ihr | werdet losgehen | you (pl.) will start off |
| sie/Sie | werden losgehen | they will start off |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 losgegangen sein | I will have started off |
| du | wirst losgegangen sein | you will have started off |
| er/sie/es | wird losgegangen sein | he/she/it will have started off |
| wir | werden losgegangen sein | we will have started off |
| ihr | werdet losgegangen sein | you (pl.) will have started off |
| sie/Sie | werden losgegangen sein | they will have started off |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | ginge los |
| du | gingest los |
| er/sie/es | ginge los |
| wir | gingen los |
| ihr | ginget los |
| sie/Sie | gingen los |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | gehe los |
| ihr | geht los |