miterleben — German conjugation

to experience together (to witness together)

Frequency#2322Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
icherlebe mitI experience together
duerlebst mityou experience together
er/sie/eserlebt mithe/she/it experiences together
wirerleben mitwe experience together
ihrerlebt mityou (pl.) experience together
sie/Sieerleben mitthey experience together

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
icherlebte mitI experienced together
duerlebtest mityou experienced together
er/sie/eserlebte mithe/she/it experienced together
wirerlebten mitwe experienced together
ihrerlebtet mityou (pl.) experienced together
sie/Sieerlebten mitthey experienced together

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe miterlebtI have experienced together
duhast miterlebtyou have experienced together
er/sie/eshat miterlebthe/she/it has experienced together
wirhaben miterlebtwe have experienced together
ihrhabt miterlebtyou (pl.) have experienced together
sie/Siehaben miterlebtthey have experienced together

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte miterlebtI had experienced together
duhattest miterlebtyou had experienced together
er/sie/eshatte miterlebthe/she/it had experienced together
wirhatten miterlebtwe had experienced together
ihrhattet miterlebtyou (pl.) had experienced together
sie/Siehatten miterlebtthey had experienced together

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde miterlebenI will experience together
duwirst miterlebenyou will experience together
er/sie/eswird miterlebenhe/she/it will experience together
wirwerden miterlebenwe will experience together
ihrwerdet miterlebenyou (pl.) will experience together
sie/Siewerden miterlebenthey will experience together

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde miterlebt habenI will have experienced together
duwirst miterlebt habenyou will have experienced together
er/sie/eswird miterlebt habenhe/she/it will have experienced together
wirwerden miterlebt habenwe will have experienced together
ihrwerdet miterlebt habenyou (pl.) will have experienced together
sie/Siewerden miterlebt habenthey will have experienced together

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?

PronounGerman
icherlebte mit
duerlebtest mit
er/sie/eserlebte mit
wirerlebten mit
ihrerlebtet mit
sie/Sieerlebten 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.

PronounGerman
duerlebe mit
ihrerlebt mit