vorweisen — German conjugation
to present
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 | weise vor | I present |
| du | weist vor | you present |
| er/sie/es | weist vor | he/she/it presents |
| wir | weisen vor | we present |
| ihr | weist vor | you (pl.) present |
| sie/Sie | weisen vor | they present |
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 | wies vor | I presented |
| du | wiesest vor | you presented |
| er/sie/es | wies vor | he/she/it presented |
| wir | wiesen vor | we presented |
| ihr | wiest vor | you (pl.) presented |
| sie/Sie | wiesen vor | they presented |
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 vorgewiesen | I have presented |
| du | hast vorgewiesen | you have presented |
| er/sie/es | hat vorgewiesen | he/she/it has presented |
| wir | haben vorgewiesen | we have presented |
| ihr | habt vorgewiesen | you (pl.) have presented |
| sie/Sie | haben vorgewiesen | they have presented |
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 vorgewiesen | I had presented |
| du | hattest vorgewiesen | you had presented |
| er/sie/es | hatte vorgewiesen | he/she/it had presented |
| wir | hatten vorgewiesen | we had presented |
| ihr | hattet vorgewiesen | you (pl.) had presented |
| sie/Sie | hatten vorgewiesen | they had presented |
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 vorweisen | I will present |
| du | wirst vorweisen | you will present |
| er/sie/es | wird vorweisen | he/she/it will present |
| wir | werden vorweisen | we will present |
| ihr | werdet vorweisen | you (pl.) will present |
| sie/Sie | werden vorweisen | they will present |
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 vorgewiesen haben | I will have presented |
| du | wirst vorgewiesen haben | you will have presented |
| er/sie/es | wird vorgewiesen haben | he/she/it will have presented |
| wir | werden vorgewiesen haben | we will have presented |
| ihr | werdet vorgewiesen haben | you (pl.) will have presented |
| sie/Sie | werden vorgewiesen haben | they will have presented |
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 | wiese vor |
| du | wiesest vor |
| er/sie/es | wiese vor |
| wir | wiesen vor |
| ihr | wieset vor |
| sie/Sie | wiesen 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 | weise vor |
| ihr | weist vor |