vorlegen — German conjugation
to present (something)
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Regular
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 | lege vor | I present |
| du | legst vor | you present |
| er/sie/es | legt vor | he/she/it presents |
| wir | legen vor | we present |
| ihr | legt vor | you (pl.) present |
| sie/Sie | legen vor | they present |
Simple past (Präteritum) Regular
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 | legte vor | I presented |
| du | legtest vor | you presented |
| er/sie/es | legte vor | he/she/it presented |
| wir | legten vor | we presented |
| ihr | legtet vor | you (pl.) presented |
| sie/Sie | legten vor | they presented |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular
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 vorgelegt | I have presented |
| du | hast vorgelegt | you have presented |
| er/sie/es | hat vorgelegt | he/she/it has presented |
| wir | haben vorgelegt | we have presented |
| ihr | habt vorgelegt | you (pl.) have presented |
| sie/Sie | haben vorgelegt | they have presented |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular
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 vorgelegt | I had presented |
| du | hattest vorgelegt | you had presented |
| er/sie/es | hatte vorgelegt | he/she/it had presented |
| wir | hatten vorgelegt | we had presented |
| ihr | hattet vorgelegt | you (pl.) had presented |
| sie/Sie | hatten vorgelegt | they had presented |
Future I (Futur I) Regular
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 vorlegen | I will present |
| du | wirst vorlegen | you will present |
| er/sie/es | wird vorlegen | he/she/it will present |
| wir | werden vorlegen | we will present |
| ihr | werdet vorlegen | you (pl.) will present |
| sie/Sie | werden vorlegen | they will present |
Future II (Futur II) Regular
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 vorgelegt haben | I will have presented |
| du | wirst vorgelegt haben | you will have presented |
| er/sie/es | wird vorgelegt haben | he/she/it will have presented |
| wir | werden vorgelegt haben | we will have presented |
| ihr | werdet vorgelegt haben | you (pl.) will have presented |
| sie/Sie | werden vorgelegt haben | they will have presented |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular
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 | legte vor |
| du | legtest vor |
| er/sie/es | legte vor |
| wir | legten vor |
| ihr | legtet vor |
| sie/Sie | legten vor |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Regular
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 | lege vor |
| ihr | legt vor |