nachsenden — German conjugation
to forward
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 | sende nach | I forward |
| du | sendest nach | you forward |
| er/sie/es | sendet nach | he/she/it forwards |
| wir | senden nach | we forward |
| ihr | sendet nach | you (pl.) forward |
| sie/Sie | senden nach | they forward |
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 | sendete nach | I forwarded |
| du | sendetest nach | you forwarded |
| er/sie/es | sendete nach | he/she/it forwarded |
| wir | sendeten nach | we forwarded |
| ihr | sendetet nach | you (pl.) forwarded |
| sie/Sie | sendeten nach | they forwarded |
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 nachgesendet | I have forwarded |
| du | hast nachgesendet | you have forwarded |
| er/sie/es | hat nachgesendet | he/she/it has forwarded |
| wir | haben nachgesendet | we have forwarded |
| ihr | habt nachgesendet | you (pl.) have forwarded |
| sie/Sie | haben nachgesendet | they have forwarded |
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 nachgesendet | I had forwarded |
| du | hattest nachgesendet | you had forwarded |
| er/sie/es | hatte nachgesendet | he/she/it had forwarded |
| wir | hatten nachgesendet | we had forwarded |
| ihr | hattet nachgesendet | you (pl.) had forwarded |
| sie/Sie | hatten nachgesendet | they had forwarded |
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 nachsenden | I will forward |
| du | wirst nachsenden | you will forward |
| er/sie/es | wird nachsenden | he/she/it will forward |
| wir | werden nachsenden | we will forward |
| ihr | werdet nachsenden | you (pl.) will forward |
| sie/Sie | werden nachsenden | they will forward |
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 nachgesendet haben | I will have forwarded |
| du | wirst nachgesendet haben | you will have forwarded |
| er/sie/es | wird nachgesendet haben | he/she/it will have forwarded |
| wir | werden nachgesendet haben | we will have forwarded |
| ihr | werdet nachgesendet haben | you (pl.) will have forwarded |
| sie/Sie | werden nachgesendet haben | they will have forwarded |
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 | sendete nach |
| du | sendetest nach |
| er/sie/es | sendete nach |
| wir | sendeten nach |
| ihr | sendetet nach |
| sie/Sie | sendeten nach |
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 | sende nach |
| ihr | sendet nach |