predigen — German conjugation

to preach

Frequency#577Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichpredigeI preach
dupredigstyou preach
er/sie/espredigthe/she/it preaches
wirpredigenwe preach
ihrpredigtyou (pl.) preach
sie/Siepredigenthey preach

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichpredigteI preached
dupredigtestyou preached
er/sie/espredigtehe/she/it preached
wirpredigtenwe preached
ihrpredigtetyou (pl.) preached
sie/Siepredigtenthey preached

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gepredigtI have preached
duhast gepredigtyou have preached
er/sie/eshat gepredigthe/she/it has preached
wirhaben gepredigtwe have preached
ihrhabt gepredigtyou (pl.) have preached
sie/Siehaben gepredigtthey have preached

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gepredigtI had preached
duhattest gepredigtyou had preached
er/sie/eshatte gepredigthe/she/it had preached
wirhatten gepredigtwe had preached
ihrhattet gepredigtyou (pl.) had preached
sie/Siehatten gepredigtthey had preached

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde predigenI will preach
duwirst predigenyou will preach
er/sie/eswird predigenhe/she/it will preach
wirwerden predigenwe will preach
ihrwerdet predigenyou (pl.) will preach
sie/Siewerden predigenthey will preach

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gepredigt habenI will have preached
duwirst gepredigt habenyou will have preached
er/sie/eswird gepredigt habenhe/she/it will have preached
wirwerden gepredigt habenwe will have preached
ihrwerdet gepredigt habenyou (pl.) will have preached
sie/Siewerden gepredigt habenthey will have preached

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?

PronounGerman
ichpredigte
dupredigtest
er/sie/espredigte
wirpredigten
ihrpredigtet
sie/Siepredigten

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.

PronounGerman
dupredige
ihrpredigt