schießen — German conjugation

to shoot

Frequency#1465Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichschießeI shoot
duschießtyou shoot
er/sie/esschießthe/she/it shoots
wirschießenwe shoot
ihrschießtyou (pl.) shoot
sie/Sieschießenthey shoot

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichschossI shot
duschossestyou shot
er/sie/esschosshe/she/it shot
wirschossenwe shot
ihrschosstyou (pl.) shot
sie/Sieschossenthey shot

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe geschossenI have shot
duhast geschossenyou have shot
er/sie/eshat geschossenhe/she/it has shot
wirhaben geschossenwe have shot
ihrhabt geschossenyou (pl.) have shot
sie/Siehaben geschossenthey have shot

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte geschossenI had shot
duhattest geschossenyou had shot
er/sie/eshatte geschossenhe/she/it had shot
wirhatten geschossenwe had shot
ihrhattet geschossenyou (pl.) had shot
sie/Siehatten geschossenthey had shot

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde schießenI will shoot
duwirst schießenyou will shoot
er/sie/eswird schießenhe/she/it will shoot
wirwerden schießenwe will shoot
ihrwerdet schießenyou (pl.) will shoot
sie/Siewerden schießenthey will shoot

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.

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

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?

PronounGerman
ichschösse
duschössest
er/sie/esschösse
wirschössen
ihrschösset
sie/Sieschössen

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.

PronounGerman
duschieße
ihrschießt