schreiten — German conjugation

to stride

Frequency#2613Irregular

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
ichschreiteI stride
duschreitestyou stride
er/sie/esschreitethe/she/it strides
wirschreitenwe stride
ihrschreitetyou (pl.) stride
sie/Sieschreitenthey stride

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
ichschrittI strode
duschrittestyou strode
er/sie/esschritthe/she/it strode
wirschrittenwe strode
ihrschrittetyou (pl.) strode
sie/Sieschrittenthey strode

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
ichbin geschrittenI have stridden
dubist geschrittenyou have stridden
er/sie/esist geschrittenhe/she/it has stridden
wirsind geschrittenwe have stridden
ihrseid geschrittenyou (pl.) have stridden
sie/Siesind geschrittenthey have stridden

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
ichwar geschrittenI had stridden
duwarst geschrittenyou had stridden
er/sie/eswar geschrittenhe/she/it had stridden
wirwaren geschrittenwe had stridden
ihrwart geschrittenyou (pl.) had stridden
sie/Siewaren geschrittenthey had stridden

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 schreitenI will stride
duwirst schreitenyou will stride
er/sie/eswird schreitenhe/she/it will stride
wirwerden schreitenwe will stride
ihrwerdet schreitenyou (pl.) will stride
sie/Siewerden schreitenthey will stride

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 geschritten seinI will have stridden
duwirst geschritten seinyou will have stridden
er/sie/eswird geschritten seinhe/she/it will have stridden
wirwerden geschritten seinwe will have stridden
ihrwerdet geschritten seinyou (pl.) will have stridden
sie/Siewerden geschritten seinthey will have stridden

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
ichschritte
duschrittest
er/sie/esschritte
wirschritten
ihrschrittet
sie/Sieschritten

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
duschreite
ihrschreitet