weben — German conjugation

to weave

Frequency#830Regular

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
ichwebeI weave
duwebstyou weave
er/sie/eswebthe/she/it weaves
wirwebenwe weave
ihrwebtyou (pl.) weave
sie/Siewebenthey weave

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
ichwebteI wove
duwebtestyou wove
er/sie/eswebtehe/she/it wove
wirwebtenwe wove
ihrwebtetyou (pl.) wove
sie/Siewebtenthey wove

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 gewebtI have woven
duhast gewebtyou have woven
er/sie/eshat gewebthe/she/it has woven
wirhaben gewebtwe have woven
ihrhabt gewebtyou (pl.) have woven
sie/Siehaben gewebtthey have woven

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 gewebtI had woven
duhattest gewebtyou had woven
er/sie/eshatte gewebthe/she/it had woven
wirhatten gewebtwe had woven
ihrhattet gewebtyou (pl.) had woven
sie/Siehatten gewebtthey had woven

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 webenI will weave
duwirst webenyou will weave
er/sie/eswird webenhe/she/it will weave
wirwerden webenwe will weave
ihrwerdet webenyou (pl.) will weave
sie/Siewerden webenthey will weave

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 gewebt habenI will have woven
duwirst gewebt habenyou will have woven
er/sie/eswird gewebt habenhe/she/it will have woven
wirwerden gewebt habenwe will have woven
ihrwerdet gewebt habenyou (pl.) will have woven
sie/Siewerden gewebt habenthey will have woven

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
ichwebte
duwebtest
er/sie/eswebte
wirwebten
ihrwebtet
sie/Siewebten

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
duwebe
ihrwebt