Conjunation

verhauen — German conjugation

to hit

Frequency#2190Irregular

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
ichverhaueI hit
duverhaustyou hit
er/sie/esverhauthe/she/it hits
wirverhauenwe hit
ihrverhautyou (pl.) hit
sie/Sieverhauenthey hit

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
ichverhauteI hit
duverhautestyou hit
er/sie/esverhautehe/she/it hit
wirverhautenwe hit
ihrverhautetyou (pl.) hit
sie/Sieverhautenthey hit

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
ichhabe verhauenI have hit
duhast verhauenyou have hit
er/sie/eshat verhauenhe/she/it has hit
wirhaben verhauenwe have hit
ihrhabt verhauenyou (pl.) have hit
sie/Siehaben verhauenthey have hit

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
ichhatte verhauenI had hit
duhattest verhauenyou had hit
er/sie/eshatte verhauenhe/she/it had hit
wirhatten verhauenwe had hit
ihrhattet verhauenyou (pl.) had hit
sie/Siehatten verhauenthey had hit

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 verhauenI will hit
duwirst verhauenyou will hit
er/sie/eswird verhauenhe/she/it will hit
wirwerden verhauenwe will hit
ihrwerdet verhauenyou (pl.) will hit
sie/Siewerden verhauenthey will hit

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 verhauen habenI will have hit
duwirst verhauen habenyou will have hit
er/sie/eswird verhauen habenhe/she/it will have hit
wirwerden verhauen habenwe will have hit
ihrwerdet verhauen habenyou (pl.) will have hit
sie/Siewerden verhauen habenthey will have hit

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
ichverhaute
duverhautest
er/sie/esverhaute
wirverhauten
ihrverhautet
sie/Sieverhauten

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
duverhaue
ihrverhaut

Verbs near verhauen

vergewissern (sich) · vergilben · vergreifen (sich) · vergöttern · verhallen · verheeren · verhärten · verkalken · verkennen · verkuppeln