weggehen — German conjugation

to go away

Frequency#519Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichgehe wegI go away
dugehst wegyou go away
er/sie/esgeht weghe/she/it goes away
wirgehen wegwe go away
ihrgeht wegyou (pl.) go away
sie/Siegehen wegthey go 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichging wegI went away
dugingst wegyou went away
er/sie/esging weghe/she/it went away
wirgingen wegwe went away
ihrgingt wegyou (pl.) went away
sie/Siegingen wegthey went 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbin weggegangenI have gone away
dubist weggegangenyou have gone away
er/sie/esist weggegangenhe/she/it has gone away
wirsind weggegangenwe have gone away
ihrseid weggegangenyou (pl.) have gone away
sie/Siesind weggegangenthey have gone 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwar weggegangenI had gone away
duwarst weggegangenyou had gone away
er/sie/eswar weggegangenhe/she/it had gone away
wirwaren weggegangenwe had gone away
ihrwart weggegangenyou (pl.) had gone away
sie/Siewaren weggegangenthey had gone 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde weggehenI will go away
duwirst weggehenyou will go away
er/sie/eswird weggehenhe/she/it will go away
wirwerden weggehenwe will go away
ihrwerdet weggehenyou (pl.) will go away
sie/Siewerden weggehenthey will go 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde weggegangen seinI will have gone away
duwirst weggegangen seinyou will have gone away
er/sie/eswird weggegangen seinhe/she/it will have gone away
wirwerden weggegangen seinwe will have gone away
ihrwerdet weggegangen seinyou (pl.) will have gone away
sie/Siewerden weggegangen seinthey will have gone 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?

PronounGerman
ichginge weg
dugingest weg
er/sie/esginge weg
wirgingen weg
ihrginget weg
sie/Siegingen 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.

PronounGerman
dugehe weg
ihrgeht weg