wegjagen — German conjugation
to chase away
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | jage weg | I chase away |
| du | jagst weg | you chase away |
| er/sie/es | jagt weg | he/she/it chases away |
| wir | jagen weg | we chase away |
| ihr | jagt weg | you (pl.) chase away |
| sie/Sie | jagen weg | they chase away |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | jagte weg | I chased away |
| du | jagtest weg | you chased away |
| er/sie/es | jagte weg | he/she/it chased away |
| wir | jagten weg | we chased away |
| ihr | jagtet weg | you (pl.) chased away |
| sie/Sie | jagten weg | they chased away |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe weggejagt | I have chased away |
| du | hast weggejagt | you have chased away |
| er/sie/es | hat weggejagt | he/she/it has chased away |
| wir | haben weggejagt | we have chased away |
| ihr | habt weggejagt | you (pl.) have chased away |
| sie/Sie | haben weggejagt | they have chased away |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte weggejagt | I had chased away |
| du | hattest weggejagt | you had chased away |
| er/sie/es | hatte weggejagt | he/she/it had chased away |
| wir | hatten weggejagt | we had chased away |
| ihr | hattet weggejagt | you (pl.) had chased away |
| sie/Sie | hatten weggejagt | they had chased away |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde wegjagen | I will chase away |
| du | wirst wegjagen | you will chase away |
| er/sie/es | wird wegjagen | he/she/it will chase away |
| wir | werden wegjagen | we will chase away |
| ihr | werdet wegjagen | you (pl.) will chase away |
| sie/Sie | werden wegjagen | they will chase away |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde weggejagt haben | I will have chased away |
| du | wirst weggejagt haben | you will have chased away |
| er/sie/es | wird weggejagt haben | he/she/it will have chased away |
| wir | werden weggejagt haben | we will have chased away |
| ihr | werdet weggejagt haben | you (pl.) will have chased away |
| sie/Sie | werden weggejagt haben | they will have chased away |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | jagte weg |
| du | jagtest weg |
| er/sie/es | jagte weg |
| wir | jagten weg |
| ihr | jagtet weg |
| sie/Sie | jagten weg |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | jage weg |
| ihr | jagt weg |