vorschlagen — German conjugation
to suggest
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 | schlage vor | I suggest |
| du | schlägst vor | you suggest |
| er/sie/es | schlägt vor | he/she/it suggests |
| wir | schlagen vor | we suggest |
| ihr | schlagt vor | you (pl.) suggest |
| sie/Sie | schlagen vor | they suggest |
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 | schlug vor | I suggested |
| du | schlugst vor | you suggested |
| er/sie/es | schlug vor | he/she/it suggested |
| wir | schlugen vor | we suggested |
| ihr | schlugt vor | you (pl.) suggested |
| sie/Sie | schlugen vor | they suggested |
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 vorgeschlagen | I have suggested |
| du | hast vorgeschlagen | you have suggested |
| er/sie/es | hat vorgeschlagen | he/she/it has suggested |
| wir | haben vorgeschlagen | we have suggested |
| ihr | habt vorgeschlagen | you (pl.) have suggested |
| sie/Sie | haben vorgeschlagen | they have suggested |
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 vorgeschlagen | I had suggested |
| du | hattest vorgeschlagen | you had suggested |
| er/sie/es | hatte vorgeschlagen | he/she/it had suggested |
| wir | hatten vorgeschlagen | we had suggested |
| ihr | hattet vorgeschlagen | you (pl.) had suggested |
| sie/Sie | hatten vorgeschlagen | they had suggested |
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 vorschlagen | I will suggest |
| du | wirst vorschlagen | you will suggest |
| er/sie/es | wird vorschlagen | he/she/it will suggest |
| wir | werden vorschlagen | we will suggest |
| ihr | werdet vorschlagen | you (pl.) will suggest |
| sie/Sie | werden vorschlagen | they will suggest |
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 vorgeschlagen haben | I will have suggested |
| du | wirst vorgeschlagen haben | you will have suggested |
| er/sie/es | wird vorgeschlagen haben | he/she/it will have suggested |
| wir | werden vorgeschlagen haben | we will have suggested |
| ihr | werdet vorgeschlagen haben | you (pl.) will have suggested |
| sie/Sie | werden vorgeschlagen haben | they will have suggested |
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 | schlüge vor |
| du | schlügest vor |
| er/sie/es | schlüge vor |
| wir | schlügen vor |
| ihr | schlüget vor |
| sie/Sie | schlügen 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 | schlage vor |
| ihr | schlagt vor |