vorrechnen — German conjugation

to calculate

Frequency#2238Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichrechne vorI calculate
durechnest voryou calculate
er/sie/esrechnet vorhe/she/it calculates
wirrechnen vorwe calculate
ihrrechnet voryou (pl.) calculate
sie/Sierechnen vorthey calculate

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichrechnete vorI calculated
durechnetest voryou calculated
er/sie/esrechnete vorhe/she/it calculated
wirrechneten vorwe calculated
ihrrechnetet voryou (pl.) calculated
sie/Sierechneten vorthey calculated

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe vorgerechnetI have calculated
duhast vorgerechnetyou have calculated
er/sie/eshat vorgerechnethe/she/it has calculated
wirhaben vorgerechnetwe have calculated
ihrhabt vorgerechnetyou (pl.) have calculated
sie/Siehaben vorgerechnetthey have calculated

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte vorgerechnetI had calculated
duhattest vorgerechnetyou had calculated
er/sie/eshatte vorgerechnethe/she/it had calculated
wirhatten vorgerechnetwe had calculated
ihrhattet vorgerechnetyou (pl.) had calculated
sie/Siehatten vorgerechnetthey had calculated

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde vorrechnenI will calculate
duwirst vorrechnenyou will calculate
er/sie/eswird vorrechnenhe/she/it will calculate
wirwerden vorrechnenwe will calculate
ihrwerdet vorrechnenyou (pl.) will calculate
sie/Siewerden vorrechnenthey will calculate

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde vorgerechnet habenI will have calculated
duwirst vorgerechnet habenyou will have calculated
er/sie/eswird vorgerechnet habenhe/she/it will have calculated
wirwerden vorgerechnet habenwe will have calculated
ihrwerdet vorgerechnet habenyou (pl.) will have calculated
sie/Siewerden vorgerechnet habenthey will have calculated

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?

PronounGerman
ichrechnete vor
durechnetest vor
er/sie/esrechnete vor
wirrechneten vor
ihrrechnetet vor
sie/Sierechneten 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.

PronounGerman
durechne vor
ihrrechnet vor