vorschieben — German conjugation
to push forward
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 | schiebe vor | I push forward |
| du | schiebst vor | you push forward |
| er/sie/es | schiebt vor | he/she/it pushes forward |
| wir | schieben vor | we push forward |
| ihr | schiebt vor | you (pl.) push forward |
| sie/Sie | schieben vor | they push forward |
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 | schob vor | I pushed forward |
| du | schobst vor | you pushed forward |
| er/sie/es | schob vor | he/she/it pushed forward |
| wir | schoben vor | we pushed forward |
| ihr | schobt vor | you (pl.) pushed forward |
| sie/Sie | schoben vor | they pushed forward |
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 vorgeschoben | I have pushed forward |
| du | hast vorgeschoben | you have pushed forward |
| er/sie/es | hat vorgeschoben | he/she/it has pushed forward |
| wir | haben vorgeschoben | we have pushed forward |
| ihr | habt vorgeschoben | you (pl.) have pushed forward |
| sie/Sie | haben vorgeschoben | they have pushed forward |
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 vorgeschoben | I had pushed forward |
| du | hattest vorgeschoben | you had pushed forward |
| er/sie/es | hatte vorgeschoben | he/she/it had pushed forward |
| wir | hatten vorgeschoben | we had pushed forward |
| ihr | hattet vorgeschoben | you (pl.) had pushed forward |
| sie/Sie | hatten vorgeschoben | they had pushed forward |
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 vorschieben | I will push forward |
| du | wirst vorschieben | you will push forward |
| er/sie/es | wird vorschieben | he/she/it will push forward |
| wir | werden vorschieben | we will push forward |
| ihr | werdet vorschieben | you (pl.) will push forward |
| sie/Sie | werden vorschieben | they will push forward |
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 vorgeschoben haben | I will have pushed forward |
| du | wirst vorgeschoben haben | you will have pushed forward |
| er/sie/es | wird vorgeschoben haben | he/she/it will have pushed forward |
| wir | werden vorgeschoben haben | we will have pushed forward |
| ihr | werdet vorgeschoben haben | you (pl.) will have pushed forward |
| sie/Sie | werden vorgeschoben haben | they will have pushed forward |
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 | schöbe vor |
| du | schöbest vor |
| er/sie/es | schöbe vor |
| wir | schöben vor |
| ihr | schöbet vor |
| sie/Sie | schöben 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 | schiebe vor |
| ihr | schiebt vor |