wegtun — German conjugation
to put 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 | tue weg | I put away |
| du | tuest weg | you put away |
| er/sie/es | tuet weg | he/she/it puts away |
| wir | tuen weg | we put away |
| ihr | tut weg | you (pl.) put away |
| sie/Sie | tuen weg | they put 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 | tat weg | I put away |
| du | tatest weg | you put away |
| er/sie/es | tat weg | he/she/it put away |
| wir | taten weg | we put away |
| ihr | tatet weg | you (pl.) put away |
| sie/Sie | taten weg | they put 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 weggetan | I have put away |
| du | hast weggetan | you have put away |
| er/sie/es | hat weggetan | he/she/it has put away |
| wir | haben weggetan | we have put away |
| ihr | habt weggetan | you (pl.) have put away |
| sie/Sie | haben weggetan | they have put 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 weggetan | I had put away |
| du | hattest weggetan | you had put away |
| er/sie/es | hatte weggetan | he/she/it had put away |
| wir | hatten weggetan | we had put away |
| ihr | hattet weggetan | you (pl.) had put away |
| sie/Sie | hatten weggetan | they had put 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 wegtun | I will put away |
| du | wirst wegtun | you will put away |
| er/sie/es | wird wegtun | he/she/it will put away |
| wir | werden wegtun | we will put away |
| ihr | werdet wegtun | you (pl.) will put away |
| sie/Sie | werden wegtun | they will put 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 weggetan haben | I will have put away |
| du | wirst weggetan haben | you will have put away |
| er/sie/es | wird weggetan haben | he/she/it will have put away |
| wir | werden weggetan haben | we will have put away |
| ihr | werdet weggetan haben | you (pl.) will have put away |
| sie/Sie | werden weggetan haben | they will have put 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 | täte weg |
| du | tätest weg |
| er/sie/es | täte weg |
| wir | täten weg |
| ihr | tätet weg |
| sie/Sie | täten 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 | tue weg |
| ihr | tut weg |