vordringen — German conjugation

to advance

Frequency#1543Irregular

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
ichdringe vorI advance
dudringst voryou advance
er/sie/esdringt vorhe/she/it advances
wirdringen vorwe advance
ihrdringt voryou (pl.) advance
sie/Siedringen vorthey advance

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
ichdrang vorI advanced
dudrangst voryou advanced
er/sie/esdrang vorhe/she/it advanced
wirdrangen vorwe advanced
ihrdrangt voryou (pl.) advanced
sie/Siedrangen vorthey advanced

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
ichbin vorgedrungenI have advanced
dubist vorgedrungenyou have advanced
er/sie/esist vorgedrungenhe/she/it has advanced
wirsind vorgedrungenwe have advanced
ihrseid vorgedrungenyou (pl.) have advanced
sie/Siesind vorgedrungenthey have advanced

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
ichwar vorgedrungenI had advanced
duwarst vorgedrungenyou had advanced
er/sie/eswar vorgedrungenhe/she/it had advanced
wirwaren vorgedrungenwe had advanced
ihrwart vorgedrungenyou (pl.) had advanced
sie/Siewaren vorgedrungenthey had advanced

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 vordringenI will advance
duwirst vordringenyou will advance
er/sie/eswird vordringenhe/she/it will advance
wirwerden vordringenwe will advance
ihrwerdet vordringenyou (pl.) will advance
sie/Siewerden vordringenthey will advance

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 vorgedrungen seinI will have advanced
duwirst vorgedrungen seinyou will have advanced
er/sie/eswird vorgedrungen seinhe/she/it will have advanced
wirwerden vorgedrungen seinwe will have advanced
ihrwerdet vorgedrungen seinyou (pl.) will have advanced
sie/Siewerden vorgedrungen seinthey will have advanced

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
ichdränge vor
dudrängest vor
er/sie/esdränge vor
wirdrängen vor
ihrdränget vor
sie/Siedrängen 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.

PronounGerman
dudringe vor
ihrdringt vor