vorbringen — German conjugation
to present
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 | bringe vor | I present |
| du | bringst vor | you present |
| er/sie/es | bringt vor | he/she/it presents |
| wir | bringen vor | we present |
| ihr | bringt vor | you (pl.) present |
| sie/Sie | bringen vor | they present |
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 | brachte vor | I presented |
| du | brachtest vor | you presented |
| er/sie/es | brachte vor | he/she/it presented |
| wir | brachten vor | we presented |
| ihr | brachtet vor | you (pl.) presented |
| sie/Sie | brachten vor | they presented |
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 | habe vorgebracht | I have presented |
| du | hast vorgebracht | you have presented |
| er/sie/es | hat vorgebracht | he/she/it has presented |
| wir | haben vorgebracht | we have presented |
| ihr | habt vorgebracht | you (pl.) have presented |
| sie/Sie | haben vorgebracht | they have presented |
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 | hatte vorgebracht | I had presented |
| du | hattest vorgebracht | you had presented |
| er/sie/es | hatte vorgebracht | he/she/it had presented |
| wir | hatten vorgebracht | we had presented |
| ihr | hattet vorgebracht | you (pl.) had presented |
| sie/Sie | hatten vorgebracht | they had presented |
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 vorbringen | I will present |
| du | wirst vorbringen | you will present |
| er/sie/es | wird vorbringen | he/she/it will present |
| wir | werden vorbringen | we will present |
| ihr | werdet vorbringen | you (pl.) will present |
| sie/Sie | werden vorbringen | they will present |
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 vorgebracht haben | I will have presented |
| du | wirst vorgebracht haben | you will have presented |
| er/sie/es | wird vorgebracht haben | he/she/it will have presented |
| wir | werden vorgebracht haben | we will have presented |
| ihr | werdet vorgebracht haben | you (pl.) will have presented |
| sie/Sie | werden vorgebracht haben | they will have presented |
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 | brächte vor |
| du | brächtest vor |
| er/sie/es | brächte vor |
| wir | brächten vor |
| ihr | brächtet vor |
| sie/Sie | brächten vor |
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 | bringe vor |
| ihr | bringt vor |