wegbringen — German conjugation
to take away
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 | bringe weg | I take away |
| du | bringst weg | you take away |
| er/sie/es | bringt weg | he/she/it takes away |
| wir | bringen weg | we take away |
| ihr | bringt weg | you (pl.) take away |
| sie/Sie | bringen weg | they take away |
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 | brachte weg | I took away |
| du | brachtest weg | you took away |
| er/sie/es | brachte weg | he/she/it took away |
| wir | brachten weg | we took away |
| ihr | brachtet weg | you (pl.) took away |
| sie/Sie | brachten weg | they took away |
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 weggebracht | I have taken away |
| du | hast weggebracht | you have taken away |
| er/sie/es | hat weggebracht | he/she/it has taken away |
| wir | haben weggebracht | we have taken away |
| ihr | habt weggebracht | you (pl.) have taken away |
| sie/Sie | haben weggebracht | they have taken away |
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 weggebracht | I had taken away |
| du | hattest weggebracht | you had taken away |
| er/sie/es | hatte weggebracht | he/she/it had taken away |
| wir | hatten weggebracht | we had taken away |
| ihr | hattet weggebracht | you (pl.) had taken away |
| sie/Sie | hatten weggebracht | they had taken away |
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 wegbringen | I will take away |
| du | wirst wegbringen | you will take away |
| er/sie/es | wird wegbringen | he/she/it will take away |
| wir | werden wegbringen | we will take away |
| ihr | werdet wegbringen | you (pl.) will take away |
| sie/Sie | werden wegbringen | they will take away |
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 weggebracht haben | I will have taken away |
| du | wirst weggebracht haben | you will have taken away |
| er/sie/es | wird weggebracht haben | he/she/it will have taken away |
| wir | werden weggebracht haben | we will have taken away |
| ihr | werdet weggebracht haben | you (pl.) will have taken away |
| sie/Sie | werden weggebracht haben | they will have taken away |
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 | brächte weg |
| du | brächtest weg |
| er/sie/es | brächte weg |
| wir | brächten weg |
| ihr | brächtet weg |
| sie/Sie | brächten weg |
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 | bringe weg |
| ihr | bringt weg |