sichten — German conjugation
to view, to sight
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | sichte | I view |
| du | sichtest | you view |
| er/sie/es | sichtet | he/she/it views |
| wir | sichten | we view |
| ihr | sichtet | you (pl.) view |
| sie/Sie | sichten | they view |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | sichtete | I viewed |
| du | sichtetest | you viewed |
| er/sie/es | sichtete | he/she/it viewed |
| wir | sichteten | we viewed |
| ihr | sichtetet | you (pl.) viewed |
| sie/Sie | sichteten | they viewed |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe gesichtet | I have viewed |
| du | hast gesichtet | you have viewed |
| er/sie/es | hat gesichtet | he/she/it has viewed |
| wir | haben gesichtet | we have viewed |
| ihr | habt gesichtet | you (pl.) have viewed |
| sie/Sie | haben gesichtet | they have viewed |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte gesichtet | I had viewed |
| du | hattest gesichtet | you had viewed |
| er/sie/es | hatte gesichtet | he/she/it had viewed |
| wir | hatten gesichtet | we had viewed |
| ihr | hattet gesichtet | you (pl.) had viewed |
| sie/Sie | hatten gesichtet | they had viewed |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde sichten | I will view |
| du | wirst sichten | you will view |
| er/sie/es | wird sichten | he/she/it will view |
| wir | werden sichten | we will view |
| ihr | werdet sichten | you (pl.) will view |
| sie/Sie | werden sichten | they will view |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde gesichtet haben | I will have viewed |
| du | wirst gesichtet haben | you will have viewed |
| er/sie/es | wird gesichtet haben | he/she/it will have viewed |
| wir | werden gesichtet haben | we will have viewed |
| ihr | werdet gesichtet haben | you (pl.) will have viewed |
| sie/Sie | werden gesichtet haben | they will have viewed |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | sichtete |
| du | sichtetest |
| er/sie/es | sichtete |
| wir | sichteten |
| ihr | sichtetet |
| sie/Sie | sichteten |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | sichte |
| ihr | sichtet |