tauchen — German conjugation
to dive
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 | tauche | I dive |
| du | tauchst | you dive |
| er/sie/es | taucht | he/she/it dives |
| wir | tauchen | we dive |
| ihr | taucht | you (pl.) dive |
| sie/Sie | tauchen | they dive |
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 | tauchte | I dived |
| du | tauchtest | you dived |
| er/sie/es | tauchte | he/she/it dived |
| wir | tauchten | we dived |
| ihr | tauchtet | you (pl.) dived |
| sie/Sie | tauchten | they dived |
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 | bin getaucht | I have dived |
| du | bist getaucht | you have dived |
| er/sie/es | ist getaucht | he/she/it has dived |
| wir | sind getaucht | we have dived |
| ihr | seid getaucht | you (pl.) have dived |
| sie/Sie | sind getaucht | they have dived |
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 | war getaucht | I had dived |
| du | warst getaucht | you had dived |
| er/sie/es | war getaucht | he/she/it had dived |
| wir | waren getaucht | we had dived |
| ihr | wart getaucht | you (pl.) had dived |
| sie/Sie | waren getaucht | they had dived |
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 tauchen | I will dive |
| du | wirst tauchen | you will dive |
| er/sie/es | wird tauchen | he/she/it will dive |
| wir | werden tauchen | we will dive |
| ihr | werdet tauchen | you (pl.) will dive |
| sie/Sie | werden tauchen | they will dive |
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 getaucht sein | I will have dived |
| du | wirst getaucht sein | you will have dived |
| er/sie/es | wird getaucht sein | he/she/it will have dived |
| wir | werden getaucht sein | we will have dived |
| ihr | werdet getaucht sein | you (pl.) will have dived |
| sie/Sie | werden getaucht sein | they will have dived |
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 | tauchte |
| du | tauchtest |
| er/sie/es | tauchte |
| wir | tauchten |
| ihr | tauchtet |
| sie/Sie | tauchten |
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 | tauche |
| ihr | taucht |