mitgeben — German conjugation

to give along

Frequency#2070Irregular

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
ichgebe mitI give along
dugibst mityou give along
er/sie/esgibt mithe/she/it gives along
wirgeben mitwe give along
ihrgebt mityou (pl.) give along
sie/Siegeben mitthey give 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
ichgab mitI gave along
dugabst mityou gave along
er/sie/esgab mithe/she/it gave along
wirgaben mitwe gave along
ihrgabt mityou (pl.) gave along
sie/Siegaben mitthey gave 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
ichhabe mitgegebenI have given along
duhast mitgegebenyou have given along
er/sie/eshat mitgegebenhe/she/it has given along
wirhaben mitgegebenwe have given along
ihrhabt mitgegebenyou (pl.) have given along
sie/Siehaben mitgegebenthey have given 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
ichhatte mitgegebenI had given along
duhattest mitgegebenyou had given along
er/sie/eshatte mitgegebenhe/she/it had given along
wirhatten mitgegebenwe had given along
ihrhattet mitgegebenyou (pl.) had given along
sie/Siehatten mitgegebenthey had given 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 mitgebenI will give along
duwirst mitgebenyou will give along
er/sie/eswird mitgebenhe/she/it will give along
wirwerden mitgebenwe will give along
ihrwerdet mitgebenyou (pl.) will give along
sie/Siewerden mitgebenthey will give 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 mitgegeben habenI will have given along
duwirst mitgegeben habenyou will have given along
er/sie/eswird mitgegeben habenhe/she/it will have given along
wirwerden mitgegeben habenwe will have given along
ihrwerdet mitgegeben habenyou (pl.) will have given along
sie/Siewerden mitgegeben habenthey will have given 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
ichgäbe mit
dugäbest mit
er/sie/esgäbe mit
wirgäben mit
ihrgäbet mit
sie/Siegäben 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
dugib mit
ihrgebt mit