wegjagen — German conjugation

to chase away

Frequency#2249Regular

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
ichjage wegI chase away
dujagst wegyou chase away
er/sie/esjagt weghe/she/it chases away
wirjagen wegwe chase away
ihrjagt wegyou (pl.) chase away
sie/Siejagen wegthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichjagte wegI chased away
dujagtest wegyou chased away
er/sie/esjagte weghe/she/it chased away
wirjagten wegwe chased away
ihrjagtet wegyou (pl.) chased away
sie/Siejagten wegthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe weggejagtI have chased away
duhast weggejagtyou have chased away
er/sie/eshat weggejagthe/she/it has chased away
wirhaben weggejagtwe have chased away
ihrhabt weggejagtyou (pl.) have chased away
sie/Siehaben weggejagtthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte weggejagtI had chased away
duhattest weggejagtyou had chased away
er/sie/eshatte weggejagthe/she/it had chased away
wirhatten weggejagtwe had chased away
ihrhattet weggejagtyou (pl.) had chased away
sie/Siehatten weggejagtthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde wegjagenI will chase away
duwirst wegjagenyou will chase away
er/sie/eswird wegjagenhe/she/it will chase away
wirwerden wegjagenwe will chase away
ihrwerdet wegjagenyou (pl.) will chase away
sie/Siewerden wegjagenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde weggejagt habenI will have chased away
duwirst weggejagt habenyou will have chased away
er/sie/eswird weggejagt habenhe/she/it will have chased away
wirwerden weggejagt habenwe will have chased away
ihrwerdet weggejagt habenyou (pl.) will have chased away
sie/Siewerden weggejagt habenthey 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?

PronounGerman
ichjagte weg
dujagtest weg
er/sie/esjagte weg
wirjagten weg
ihrjagtet weg
sie/Siejagten 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.

PronounGerman
dujage weg
ihrjagt weg