navigieren — German conjugation
to navigate (direct someone through a difficult situation)
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Regular
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 | navigiere | I navigate |
| du | navigierst | you navigate |
| er/sie/es | navigiert | he/she/it navigates |
| wir | navigieren | we navigate |
| ihr | navigiert | you (pl.) navigate |
| sie/Sie | navigieren | they navigate |
Simple past (Präteritum) Regular
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 | navigierte | I navigated |
| du | navigiertest | you navigated |
| er/sie/es | navigierte | he/she/it navigated |
| wir | navigierten | we navigated |
| ihr | navigiertet | you (pl.) navigated |
| sie/Sie | navigierten | they navigated |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular
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 navigiert | I have navigated |
| du | hast navigiert | you have navigated |
| er/sie/es | hat navigiert | he/she/it has navigated |
| wir | haben navigiert | we have navigated |
| ihr | habt navigiert | you (pl.) have navigated |
| sie/Sie | haben navigiert | they have navigated |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular
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 navigiert | I had navigated |
| du | hattest navigiert | you had navigated |
| er/sie/es | hatte navigiert | he/she/it had navigated |
| wir | hatten navigiert | we had navigated |
| ihr | hattet navigiert | you (pl.) had navigated |
| sie/Sie | hatten navigiert | they had navigated |
Future I (Futur I) Regular
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 navigieren | I will navigate |
| du | wirst navigieren | you will navigate |
| er/sie/es | wird navigieren | he/she/it will navigate |
| wir | werden navigieren | we will navigate |
| ihr | werdet navigieren | you (pl.) will navigate |
| sie/Sie | werden navigieren | they will navigate |
Future II (Futur II) Regular
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 navigiert haben | I will have navigated |
| du | wirst navigiert haben | you will have navigated |
| er/sie/es | wird navigiert haben | he/she/it will have navigated |
| wir | werden navigiert haben | we will have navigated |
| ihr | werdet navigiert haben | you (pl.) will have navigated |
| sie/Sie | werden navigiert haben | they will have navigated |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular
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 | navigierte |
| du | navigiertest |
| er/sie/es | navigierte |
| wir | navigierten |
| ihr | navigiertet |
| sie/Sie | navigierten |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Regular
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 | navigiere |
| ihr | navigiert |