schieben — German conjugation
to push
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 | schiebe | I push |
| du | schiebst | you push |
| er/sie/es | schiebt | he/she/it pushes |
| wir | schieben | we push |
| ihr | schiebt | you (pl.) push |
| sie/Sie | schieben | they push |
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 | schob | I pushed |
| du | schobst | you pushed |
| er/sie/es | schob | he/she/it pushed |
| wir | schoben | we pushed |
| ihr | schobt | you (pl.) pushed |
| sie/Sie | schoben | they pushed |
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 geschoben | I have pushed |
| du | hast geschoben | you have pushed |
| er/sie/es | hat geschoben | he/she/it has pushed |
| wir | haben geschoben | we have pushed |
| ihr | habt geschoben | you (pl.) have pushed |
| sie/Sie | haben geschoben | they have pushed |
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 geschoben | I had pushed |
| du | hattest geschoben | you had pushed |
| er/sie/es | hatte geschoben | he/she/it had pushed |
| wir | hatten geschoben | we had pushed |
| ihr | hattet geschoben | you (pl.) had pushed |
| sie/Sie | hatten geschoben | they had pushed |
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 schieben | I will push |
| du | wirst schieben | you will push |
| er/sie/es | wird schieben | he/she/it will push |
| wir | werden schieben | we will push |
| ihr | werdet schieben | you (pl.) will push |
| sie/Sie | werden schieben | they will push |
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 geschoben haben | I will have pushed |
| du | wirst geschoben haben | you will have pushed |
| er/sie/es | wird geschoben haben | he/she/it will have pushed |
| wir | werden geschoben haben | we will have pushed |
| ihr | werdet geschoben haben | you (pl.) will have pushed |
| sie/Sie | werden geschoben haben | they will have pushed |
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 | schöbe |
| du | schöbest |
| er/sie/es | schöbe |
| wir | schöben |
| ihr | schöbet |
| sie/Sie | schöben |
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 | schiebe |
| ihr | schiebt |