tracken — German conjugation
to track
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 | tracke | I track |
| du | trackst | you track |
| er/sie/es | trackt | he/she/it tracks |
| wir | tracken | we track |
| ihr | trackt | you (pl.) track |
| sie/Sie | tracken | they track |
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 | trackte | I tracked |
| du | tracktest | you tracked |
| er/sie/es | trackte | he/she/it tracked |
| wir | trackten | we tracked |
| ihr | tracktet | you (pl.) tracked |
| sie/Sie | trackten | they tracked |
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 getrackt | I have tracked |
| du | hast getrackt | you have tracked |
| er/sie/es | hat getrackt | he/she/it has tracked |
| wir | haben getrackt | we have tracked |
| ihr | habt getrackt | you (pl.) have tracked |
| sie/Sie | haben getrackt | they have tracked |
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 getrackt | I had tracked |
| du | hattest getrackt | you had tracked |
| er/sie/es | hatte getrackt | he/she/it had tracked |
| wir | hatten getrackt | we had tracked |
| ihr | hattet getrackt | you (pl.) had tracked |
| sie/Sie | hatten getrackt | they had tracked |
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 tracken | I will track |
| du | wirst tracken | you will track |
| er/sie/es | wird tracken | he/she/it will track |
| wir | werden tracken | we will track |
| ihr | werdet tracken | you (pl.) will track |
| sie/Sie | werden tracken | they will track |
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 getrackt haben | I will have tracked |
| du | wirst getrackt haben | you will have tracked |
| er/sie/es | wird getrackt haben | he/she/it will have tracked |
| wir | werden getrackt haben | we will have tracked |
| ihr | werdet getrackt haben | you (pl.) will have tracked |
| sie/Sie | werden getrackt haben | they will have tracked |
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 | trackte |
| du | tracktest |
| er/sie/es | trackte |
| wir | trackten |
| ihr | tracktet |
| sie/Sie | trackten |
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 | tracke |
| ihr | trackt |