wegtreiben — German conjugation
to be driven 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 | treibe weg | I am driven away |
| du | treibst weg | you are driven away |
| er/sie/es | treibt weg | he/she/it is driven away |
| wir | treiben weg | we are driven away |
| ihr | treibt weg | you (pl.) are driven away |
| sie/Sie | treiben weg | they are driven 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 | trieb weg | I was driven away |
| du | triebst weg | you were driven away |
| er/sie/es | trieb weg | he/she/it was driven away |
| wir | trieben weg | we were driven away |
| ihr | triebt weg | you (pl.) were driven away |
| sie/Sie | trieben weg | they were driven 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 weggetrieben | I have been driven away |
| du | hast weggetrieben | you have been driven away |
| er/sie/es | hat weggetrieben | he/she/it has been driven away |
| wir | haben weggetrieben | we have been driven away |
| ihr | habt weggetrieben | you (pl.) have been driven away |
| sie/Sie | haben weggetrieben | they have been driven 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 weggetrieben | I had been driven away |
| du | hattest weggetrieben | you had been driven away |
| er/sie/es | hatte weggetrieben | he/she/it had been driven away |
| wir | hatten weggetrieben | we had been driven away |
| ihr | hattet weggetrieben | you (pl.) had been driven away |
| sie/Sie | hatten weggetrieben | they had been driven 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 wegtreiben | I will be driven away |
| du | wirst wegtreiben | you will be driven away |
| er/sie/es | wird wegtreiben | he/she/it will be driven away |
| wir | werden wegtreiben | we will be driven away |
| ihr | werdet wegtreiben | you (pl.) will be driven away |
| sie/Sie | werden wegtreiben | they will be driven 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 weggetrieben haben | I will have been driven away |
| du | wirst weggetrieben haben | you will have been driven away |
| er/sie/es | wird weggetrieben haben | he/she/it will have been driven away |
| wir | werden weggetrieben haben | we will have been driven away |
| ihr | werdet weggetrieben haben | you (pl.) will have been driven away |
| sie/Sie | werden weggetrieben haben | they will have been driven 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 | triebe weg |
| du | triebest weg |
| er/sie/es | triebe weg |
| wir | trieben weg |
| ihr | triebet weg |
| sie/Sie | trieben 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 | treibe weg |
| ihr | treibt weg |