reagieren — German conjugation

to react

Frequency#494Regular

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
ichreagiereI react
dureagierstyou react
er/sie/esreagierthe/she/it reacts
wirreagierenwe react
ihrreagiertyou (pl.) react
sie/Siereagierenthey react

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
ichreagierteI reacted
dureagiertestyou reacted
er/sie/esreagiertehe/she/it reacted
wirreagiertenwe reacted
ihrreagiertetyou (pl.) reacted
sie/Siereagiertenthey reacted

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 reagiertI have reacted
duhast reagiertyou have reacted
er/sie/eshat reagierthe/she/it has reacted
wirhaben reagiertwe have reacted
ihrhabt reagiertyou (pl.) have reacted
sie/Siehaben reagiertthey have reacted

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 reagiertI had reacted
duhattest reagiertyou had reacted
er/sie/eshatte reagierthe/she/it had reacted
wirhatten reagiertwe had reacted
ihrhattet reagiertyou (pl.) had reacted
sie/Siehatten reagiertthey had reacted

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 reagierenI will react
duwirst reagierenyou will react
er/sie/eswird reagierenhe/she/it will react
wirwerden reagierenwe will react
ihrwerdet reagierenyou (pl.) will react
sie/Siewerden reagierenthey will react

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 reagiert habenI will have reacted
duwirst reagiert habenyou will have reacted
er/sie/eswird reagiert habenhe/she/it will have reacted
wirwerden reagiert habenwe will have reacted
ihrwerdet reagiert habenyou (pl.) will have reacted
sie/Siewerden reagiert habenthey will have reacted

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
ichreagierte
dureagiertest
er/sie/esreagierte
wirreagierten
ihrreagiertet
sie/Siereagierten

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
dureagiere
ihrreagiert