wegwerfen — German conjugation
to throw 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 | werfe weg | I throw away |
| du | wirfst weg | you throw away |
| er/sie/es | wirft weg | he/she/it throws away |
| wir | werfen weg | we throw away |
| ihr | werft weg | you (pl.) throw away |
| sie/Sie | werfen weg | they throw 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 | warf weg | I threw away |
| du | warfst weg | you threw away |
| er/sie/es | warf weg | he/she/it threw away |
| wir | warfen weg | we threw away |
| ihr | warft weg | you (pl.) threw away |
| sie/Sie | warfen weg | they threw 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 weggeworfen | I have thrown away |
| du | hast weggeworfen | you have thrown away |
| er/sie/es | hat weggeworfen | he/she/it has thrown away |
| wir | haben weggeworfen | we have thrown away |
| ihr | habt weggeworfen | you (pl.) have thrown away |
| sie/Sie | haben weggeworfen | they have thrown 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 weggeworfen | I had thrown away |
| du | hattest weggeworfen | you had thrown away |
| er/sie/es | hatte weggeworfen | he/she/it had thrown away |
| wir | hatten weggeworfen | we had thrown away |
| ihr | hattet weggeworfen | you (pl.) had thrown away |
| sie/Sie | hatten weggeworfen | they had thrown 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 wegwerfen | I will throw away |
| du | wirst wegwerfen | you will throw away |
| er/sie/es | wird wegwerfen | he/she/it will throw away |
| wir | werden wegwerfen | we will throw away |
| ihr | werdet wegwerfen | you (pl.) will throw away |
| sie/Sie | werden wegwerfen | they will throw 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 weggeworfen haben | I will have thrown away |
| du | wirst weggeworfen haben | you will have thrown away |
| er/sie/es | wird weggeworfen haben | he/she/it will have thrown away |
| wir | werden weggeworfen haben | we will have thrown away |
| ihr | werdet weggeworfen haben | you (pl.) will have thrown away |
| sie/Sie | werden weggeworfen haben | they will have thrown 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 | würfe weg |
| du | würfest weg |
| er/sie/es | würfe weg |
| wir | würfen weg |
| ihr | würfet weg |
| sie/Sie | würfen 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 | wirf weg |
| ihr | werft weg |