weichen — German conjugation
to yield
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 | weiche | I yield |
| du | weichst | you yield |
| er/sie/es | weicht | he/she/it yields |
| wir | weichen | we yield |
| ihr | weicht | you (pl.) yield |
| sie/Sie | weichen | they yield |
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 | wich | I yielded |
| du | wichst | you yielded |
| er/sie/es | wich | he/she/it yielded |
| wir | wichen | we yielded |
| ihr | wicht | you (pl.) yielded |
| sie/Sie | wichen | they yielded |
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 | bin gewichen | I have yielded |
| du | bist gewichen | you have yielded |
| er/sie/es | ist gewichen | he/she/it has yielded |
| wir | sind gewichen | we have yielded |
| ihr | seid gewichen | you (pl.) have yielded |
| sie/Sie | sind gewichen | they have yielded |
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 | war gewichen | I had yielded |
| du | warst gewichen | you had yielded |
| er/sie/es | war gewichen | he/she/it had yielded |
| wir | waren gewichen | we had yielded |
| ihr | wart gewichen | you (pl.) had yielded |
| sie/Sie | waren gewichen | they had yielded |
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 weichen | I will yield |
| du | wirst weichen | you will yield |
| er/sie/es | wird weichen | he/she/it will yield |
| wir | werden weichen | we will yield |
| ihr | werdet weichen | you (pl.) will yield |
| sie/Sie | werden weichen | they will yield |
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 gewichen sein | I will have yielded |
| du | wirst gewichen sein | you will have yielded |
| er/sie/es | wird gewichen sein | he/she/it will have yielded |
| wir | werden gewichen sein | we will have yielded |
| ihr | werdet gewichen sein | you (pl.) will have yielded |
| sie/Sie | werden gewichen sein | they will have yielded |
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 | wiche |
| du | wichest |
| er/sie/es | wiche |
| wir | wichen |
| ihr | wichet |
| sie/Sie | wichen |
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 | weiche |
| ihr | weicht |