wegziehen — German conjugation
to move 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 | ziehe weg | I move away |
| du | ziehst weg | you move away |
| er/sie/es | zieht weg | he/she/it moves away |
| wir | ziehen weg | we move away |
| ihr | zieht weg | you (pl.) move away |
| sie/Sie | ziehen weg | they move 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 | zog weg | I moved away |
| du | zogst weg | you moved away |
| er/sie/es | zog weg | he/she/it moved away |
| wir | zogen weg | we moved away |
| ihr | zogt weg | you (pl.) moved away |
| sie/Sie | zogen weg | they moved 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 weggezogen | I have moved away |
| du | hast weggezogen | you have moved away |
| er/sie/es | hat weggezogen | he/she/it has moved away |
| wir | haben weggezogen | we have moved away |
| ihr | habt weggezogen | you (pl.) have moved away |
| sie/Sie | haben weggezogen | they have moved 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 weggezogen | I had moved away |
| du | hattest weggezogen | you had moved away |
| er/sie/es | hatte weggezogen | he/she/it had moved away |
| wir | hatten weggezogen | we had moved away |
| ihr | hattet weggezogen | you (pl.) had moved away |
| sie/Sie | hatten weggezogen | they had moved 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 wegziehen | I will move away |
| du | wirst wegziehen | you will move away |
| er/sie/es | wird wegziehen | he/she/it will move away |
| wir | werden wegziehen | we will move away |
| ihr | werdet wegziehen | you (pl.) will move away |
| sie/Sie | werden wegziehen | they will move 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 weggezogen haben | I will have moved away |
| du | wirst weggezogen haben | you will have moved away |
| er/sie/es | wird weggezogen haben | he/she/it will have moved away |
| wir | werden weggezogen haben | we will have moved away |
| ihr | werdet weggezogen haben | you (pl.) will have moved away |
| sie/Sie | werden weggezogen haben | they will have moved 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 | zöge weg |
| du | zögest weg |
| er/sie/es | zöge weg |
| wir | zögen weg |
| ihr | zöget weg |
| sie/Sie | zögen 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 | ziehe weg |
| ihr | zieht weg |