vorfallen — German conjugation
to occur
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 | falle vor | I occur |
| du | fällst vor | you occur |
| er/sie/es | fällt vor | he/she/it occurs |
| wir | fallen vor | we occur |
| ihr | fallt vor | you (pl.) occur |
| sie/Sie | fallen vor | they occur |
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 | fiel vor | I occurred |
| du | fielst vor | you occurred |
| er/sie/es | fiel vor | he/she/it occurred |
| wir | fielen vor | we occurred |
| ihr | fielt vor | you (pl.) occurred |
| sie/Sie | fielen vor | they occurred |
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 vorgefallen | I have occurred |
| du | bist vorgefallen | you have occurred |
| er/sie/es | ist vorgefallen | he/she/it has occurred |
| wir | sind vorgefallen | we have occurred |
| ihr | seid vorgefallen | you (pl.) have occurred |
| sie/Sie | sind vorgefallen | they have occurred |
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 vorgefallen | I had occurred |
| du | warst vorgefallen | you had occurred |
| er/sie/es | war vorgefallen | he/she/it had occurred |
| wir | waren vorgefallen | we had occurred |
| ihr | wart vorgefallen | you (pl.) had occurred |
| sie/Sie | waren vorgefallen | they had occurred |
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 vorfallen | I will occur |
| du | wirst vorfallen | you will occur |
| er/sie/es | wird vorfallen | he/she/it will occur |
| wir | werden vorfallen | we will occur |
| ihr | werdet vorfallen | you (pl.) will occur |
| sie/Sie | werden vorfallen | they will occur |
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 vorgefallen sein | I will have occurred |
| du | wirst vorgefallen sein | you will have occurred |
| er/sie/es | wird vorgefallen sein | he/she/it will have occurred |
| wir | werden vorgefallen sein | we will have occurred |
| ihr | werdet vorgefallen sein | you (pl.) will have occurred |
| sie/Sie | werden vorgefallen sein | they will have occurred |
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 | fiele vor |
| du | fielest vor |
| er/sie/es | fiele vor |
| wir | fielen vor |
| ihr | fielet vor |
| sie/Sie | fielen 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 | falle vor |
| ihr | fallt vor |