mitfahren — German conjugation

to ride along

Frequency#1578Irregular

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
ichfahre mitI ride along
dufährst mityou ride along
er/sie/esfährt mithe/she/it rides along
wirfahren mitwe ride along
ihrfahrt mityou (pl.) ride along
sie/Siefahren mitthey ride 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichfuhr mitI rode along
dufuhrst mityou rode along
er/sie/esfuhr mithe/she/it rode along
wirfuhren mitwe rode along
ihrfuhrt mityou (pl.) rode along
sie/Siefuhren mitthey rode 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbin mitgefahrenI have ridden along
dubist mitgefahrenyou have ridden along
er/sie/esist mitgefahrenhe/she/it has ridden along
wirsind mitgefahrenwe have ridden along
ihrseid mitgefahrenyou (pl.) have ridden along
sie/Siesind mitgefahrenthey have ridden 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwar mitgefahrenI had ridden along
duwarst mitgefahrenyou had ridden along
er/sie/eswar mitgefahrenhe/she/it had ridden along
wirwaren mitgefahrenwe had ridden along
ihrwart mitgefahrenyou (pl.) had ridden along
sie/Siewaren mitgefahrenthey had ridden 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde mitfahrenI will ride along
duwirst mitfahrenyou will ride along
er/sie/eswird mitfahrenhe/she/it will ride along
wirwerden mitfahrenwe will ride along
ihrwerdet mitfahrenyou (pl.) will ride along
sie/Siewerden mitfahrenthey will ride 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde mitgefahren seinI will have ridden along
duwirst mitgefahren seinyou will have ridden along
er/sie/eswird mitgefahren seinhe/she/it will have ridden along
wirwerden mitgefahren seinwe will have ridden along
ihrwerdet mitgefahren seinyou (pl.) will have ridden along
sie/Siewerden mitgefahren seinthey will have ridden 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?

PronounGerman
ichführe mit
duführest mit
er/sie/esführe mit
wirführen mit
ihrführet mit
sie/Sieführen 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
dufahre mit
ihrfahrt mit