mitbringen — German conjugation
to bring along
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 | bringe mit | I bring along |
| du | bringst mit | you bring along |
| er/sie/es | bringt mit | he/she/it brings along |
| wir | bringen mit | we bring along |
| ihr | bringt mit | you (pl.) bring along |
| sie/Sie | bringen mit | they bring along |
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 | brachte mit | I brought along |
| du | brachtest mit | you brought along |
| er/sie/es | brachte mit | he/she/it brought along |
| wir | brachten mit | we brought along |
| ihr | brachtet mit | you (pl.) brought along |
| sie/Sie | brachten mit | they brought along |
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 | habe mitgebracht | I have brought along |
| du | hast mitgebracht | you have brought along |
| er/sie/es | hat mitgebracht | he/she/it has brought along |
| wir | haben mitgebracht | we have brought along |
| ihr | habt mitgebracht | you (pl.) have brought along |
| sie/Sie | haben mitgebracht | they have brought along |
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 | hatte mitgebracht | I had brought along |
| du | hattest mitgebracht | you had brought along |
| er/sie/es | hatte mitgebracht | he/she/it had brought along |
| wir | hatten mitgebracht | we had brought along |
| ihr | hattet mitgebracht | you (pl.) had brought along |
| sie/Sie | hatten mitgebracht | they had brought along |
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 mitbringen | I will bring along |
| du | wirst mitbringen | you will bring along |
| er/sie/es | wird mitbringen | he/she/it will bring along |
| wir | werden mitbringen | we will bring along |
| ihr | werdet mitbringen | you (pl.) will bring along |
| sie/Sie | werden mitbringen | they will bring along |
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 mitgebracht haben | I will have brought along |
| du | wirst mitgebracht haben | you will have brought along |
| er/sie/es | wird mitgebracht haben | he/she/it will have brought along |
| wir | werden mitgebracht haben | we will have brought along |
| ihr | werdet mitgebracht haben | you (pl.) will have brought along |
| sie/Sie | werden mitgebracht haben | they will have brought along |
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 | brächte mit |
| du | brächtest mit |
| er/sie/es | brächte mit |
| wir | brächten mit |
| ihr | brächtet mit |
| sie/Sie | brächten mit |
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 | bringe mit |
| ihr | bringt mit |