weglegen — German conjugation
to put down
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 | lege weg | I put down |
| du | legst weg | you put down |
| er/sie/es | legt weg | he/she/it puts down |
| wir | legen weg | we put down |
| ihr | legt weg | you (pl.) put down |
| sie/Sie | legen weg | they put down |
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 | legte weg | I put down |
| du | legtest weg | you put down |
| er/sie/es | legte weg | he/she/it put down |
| wir | legten weg | we put down |
| ihr | legtet weg | you (pl.) put down |
| sie/Sie | legten weg | they put down |
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 weggelegt | I have put down |
| du | hast weggelegt | you have put down |
| er/sie/es | hat weggelegt | he/she/it has put down |
| wir | haben weggelegt | we have put down |
| ihr | habt weggelegt | you (pl.) have put down |
| sie/Sie | haben weggelegt | they have put down |
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 weggelegt | I had put down |
| du | hattest weggelegt | you had put down |
| er/sie/es | hatte weggelegt | he/she/it had put down |
| wir | hatten weggelegt | we had put down |
| ihr | hattet weggelegt | you (pl.) had put down |
| sie/Sie | hatten weggelegt | they had put down |
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 weglegen | I will put down |
| du | wirst weglegen | you will put down |
| er/sie/es | wird weglegen | he/she/it will put down |
| wir | werden weglegen | we will put down |
| ihr | werdet weglegen | you (pl.) will put down |
| sie/Sie | werden weglegen | they will put down |
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 weggelegt haben | I will have put down |
| du | wirst weggelegt haben | you will have put down |
| er/sie/es | wird weggelegt haben | he/she/it will have put down |
| wir | werden weggelegt haben | we will have put down |
| ihr | werdet weggelegt haben | you (pl.) will have put down |
| sie/Sie | werden weggelegt haben | they will have put down |
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 | legte weg |
| du | legtest weg |
| er/sie/es | legte weg |
| wir | legten weg |
| ihr | legtet weg |
| sie/Sie | legten 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 | lege weg |
| ihr | legt weg |