niederschießen — German conjugation
to shoot down
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 | schieße nieder | I shoot down |
| du | schießt nieder | you shoot down |
| er/sie/es | schießt nieder | he/she/it shoots down |
| wir | schießen nieder | we shoot down |
| ihr | schießt nieder | you (pl.) shoot down |
| sie/Sie | schießen nieder | they shoot down |
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 | schoss nieder | I shot down |
| du | schossest nieder | you shot down |
| er/sie/es | schoss nieder | he/she/it shot down |
| wir | schossen nieder | we shot down |
| ihr | schosst nieder | you (pl.) shot down |
| sie/Sie | schossen nieder | they shot down |
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 niedergeschossen | I have shot down |
| du | hast niedergeschossen | you have shot down |
| er/sie/es | hat niedergeschossen | he/she/it has shot down |
| wir | haben niedergeschossen | we have shot down |
| ihr | habt niedergeschossen | you (pl.) have shot down |
| sie/Sie | haben niedergeschossen | they have shot down |
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 niedergeschossen | I had shot down |
| du | hattest niedergeschossen | you had shot down |
| er/sie/es | hatte niedergeschossen | he/she/it had shot down |
| wir | hatten niedergeschossen | we had shot down |
| ihr | hattet niedergeschossen | you (pl.) had shot down |
| sie/Sie | hatten niedergeschossen | they had shot down |
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 niederschießen | I will shoot down |
| du | wirst niederschießen | you will shoot down |
| er/sie/es | wird niederschießen | he/she/it will shoot down |
| wir | werden niederschießen | we will shoot down |
| ihr | werdet niederschießen | you (pl.) will shoot down |
| sie/Sie | werden niederschießen | they will shoot down |
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 niedergeschossen haben | I will have shot down |
| du | wirst niedergeschossen haben | you will have shot down |
| er/sie/es | wird niedergeschossen haben | he/she/it will have shot down |
| wir | werden niedergeschossen haben | we will have shot down |
| ihr | werdet niedergeschossen haben | you (pl.) will have shot down |
| sie/Sie | werden niedergeschossen haben | they will have shot down |
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 | schösse nieder |
| du | schössest nieder |
| er/sie/es | schösse nieder |
| wir | schössen nieder |
| ihr | schösset nieder |
| sie/Sie | schössen nieder |
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 | schieße nieder |
| ihr | schießt nieder |