untergehen — German conjugation
to go under
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gehe unter | I go under |
| du | gehst unter | you go under |
| er/sie/es | geht unter | he/she/it goes under |
| wir | gehen unter | we go under |
| ihr | geht unter | you (pl.) go under |
| sie/Sie | gehen unter | they go under |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | ging unter | I went under |
| du | gingst unter | you went under |
| er/sie/es | ging unter | he/she/it went under |
| wir | gingen unter | we went under |
| ihr | gingt unter | you (pl.) went under |
| sie/Sie | gingen unter | they went under |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | bin untergegangen | I have gone under |
| du | bist untergegangen | you have gone under |
| er/sie/es | ist untergegangen | he/she/it has gone under |
| wir | sind untergegangen | we have gone under |
| ihr | seid untergegangen | you (pl.) have gone under |
| sie/Sie | sind untergegangen | they have gone under |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | war untergegangen | I had gone under |
| du | warst untergegangen | you had gone under |
| er/sie/es | war untergegangen | he/she/it had gone under |
| wir | waren untergegangen | we had gone under |
| ihr | wart untergegangen | you (pl.) had gone under |
| sie/Sie | waren untergegangen | they had gone under |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde untergehen | I will go under |
| du | wirst untergehen | you will go under |
| er/sie/es | wird untergehen | he/she/it will go under |
| wir | werden untergehen | we will go under |
| ihr | werdet untergehen | you (pl.) will go under |
| sie/Sie | werden untergehen | they will go under |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde untergegangen sein | I will have gone under |
| du | wirst untergegangen sein | you will have gone under |
| er/sie/es | wird untergegangen sein | he/she/it will have gone under |
| wir | werden untergegangen sein | we will have gone under |
| ihr | werdet untergegangen sein | you (pl.) will have gone under |
| sie/Sie | werden untergegangen sein | they will have gone under |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | ginge unter |
| du | gingest unter |
| er/sie/es | ginge unter |
| wir | gingen unter |
| ihr | ginget unter |
| sie/Sie | gingen unter |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | gehe unter |
| ihr | geht unter |