wegsehen — German conjugation
to look 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 | sehe weg | I look away |
| du | siehst weg | you look away |
| er/sie/es | sieht weg | he/she/it looks away |
| wir | sehen weg | we look away |
| ihr | seht weg | you (pl.) look away |
| sie/Sie | sehen weg | they look 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 | sah weg | I looked away |
| du | sahst weg | you looked away |
| er/sie/es | sah weg | he/she/it looked away |
| wir | sahen weg | we looked away |
| ihr | saht weg | you (pl.) looked away |
| sie/Sie | sahen weg | they looked 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 weggesehen | I have looked away |
| du | hast weggesehen | you have looked away |
| er/sie/es | hat weggesehen | he/she/it has looked away |
| wir | haben weggesehen | we have looked away |
| ihr | habt weggesehen | you (pl.) have looked away |
| sie/Sie | haben weggesehen | they have looked 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 weggesehen | I had looked away |
| du | hattest weggesehen | you had looked away |
| er/sie/es | hatte weggesehen | he/she/it had looked away |
| wir | hatten weggesehen | we had looked away |
| ihr | hattet weggesehen | you (pl.) had looked away |
| sie/Sie | hatten weggesehen | they had looked 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 wegsehen | I will look away |
| du | wirst wegsehen | you will look away |
| er/sie/es | wird wegsehen | he/she/it will look away |
| wir | werden wegsehen | we will look away |
| ihr | werdet wegsehen | you (pl.) will look away |
| sie/Sie | werden wegsehen | they will look 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 weggesehen haben | I will have looked away |
| du | wirst weggesehen haben | you will have looked away |
| er/sie/es | wird weggesehen haben | he/she/it will have looked away |
| wir | werden weggesehen haben | we will have looked away |
| ihr | werdet weggesehen haben | you (pl.) will have looked away |
| sie/Sie | werden weggesehen haben | they will have looked 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 | sähe weg |
| du | sähest weg |
| er/sie/es | sähe weg |
| wir | sähen weg |
| ihr | sähet weg |
| sie/Sie | sähen 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 | sieh weg |
| ihr | seht weg |