wehtun — German conjugation
to hurt
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 weh | I hurt |
| du | tutst weh | you hurt |
| er/sie/es | tut weh | he/she/it hurts |
| wir | tuen weh | we hurt |
| ihr | tut weh | you (pl.) hurt |
| sie/Sie | tuen weh | they hurt |
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 weh | I hurt |
| du | tatest weh | you hurt |
| er/sie/es | tat weh | he/she/it hurt |
| wir | taten weh | we hurt |
| ihr | tatet weh | you (pl.) hurt |
| sie/Sie | taten weh | they hurt |
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 wehgetan | I have hurt |
| du | hast wehgetan | you have hurt |
| er/sie/es | hat wehgetan | he/she/it has hurt |
| wir | haben wehgetan | we have hurt |
| ihr | habt wehgetan | you (pl.) have hurt |
| sie/Sie | haben wehgetan | they have hurt |
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 wehgetan | I had hurt |
| du | hattest wehgetan | you had hurt |
| er/sie/es | hatte wehgetan | he/she/it had hurt |
| wir | hatten wehgetan | we had hurt |
| ihr | hattet wehgetan | you (pl.) had hurt |
| sie/Sie | hatten wehgetan | they had hurt |
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 wehtun | I will hurt |
| du | wirst wehtun | you will hurt |
| er/sie/es | wird wehtun | he/she/it will hurt |
| wir | werden wehtun | we will hurt |
| ihr | werdet wehtun | you (pl.) will hurt |
| sie/Sie | werden wehtun | they will hurt |
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 wehgetan haben | I will have hurt |
| du | wirst wehgetan haben | you will have hurt |
| er/sie/es | wird wehgetan haben | he/she/it will have hurt |
| wir | werden wehgetan haben | we will have hurt |
| ihr | werdet wehgetan haben | you (pl.) will have hurt |
| sie/Sie | werden wehgetan haben | they will have hurt |
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 weh |
| du | tätest weh |
| er/sie/es | täte weh |
| wir | täten weh |
| ihr | tätet weh |
| sie/Sie | täten weh |
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 | tut weh |
| ihr | tut weh |