wegtun — German conjugation

to put away

Frequency#1715Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichtue wegI put away
dutuest wegyou put away
er/sie/estuet weghe/she/it puts away
wirtuen wegwe put away
ihrtut wegyou (pl.) put away
sie/Sietuen wegthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichtat wegI put away
dutatest wegyou put away
er/sie/estat weghe/she/it put away
wirtaten wegwe put away
ihrtatet wegyou (pl.) put away
sie/Sietaten wegthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe weggetanI have put away
duhast weggetanyou have put away
er/sie/eshat weggetanhe/she/it has put away
wirhaben weggetanwe have put away
ihrhabt weggetanyou (pl.) have put away
sie/Siehaben weggetanthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte weggetanI had put away
duhattest weggetanyou had put away
er/sie/eshatte weggetanhe/she/it had put away
wirhatten weggetanwe had put away
ihrhattet weggetanyou (pl.) had put away
sie/Siehatten weggetanthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde wegtunI will put away
duwirst wegtunyou will put away
er/sie/eswird wegtunhe/she/it will put away
wirwerden wegtunwe will put away
ihrwerdet wegtunyou (pl.) will put away
sie/Siewerden wegtunthey 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.

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

PronounGerman
ichtäte weg
dutätest weg
er/sie/estäte weg
wirtäten weg
ihrtätet weg
sie/Sietäten 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.

PronounGerman
dutue weg
ihrtut weg