weichen — German conjugation

to yield

Frequency#2651Irregular

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
ichweicheI yield
duweichstyou yield
er/sie/esweichthe/she/it yields
wirweichenwe yield
ihrweichtyou (pl.) yield
sie/Sieweichenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwichI yielded
duwichstyou yielded
er/sie/eswichhe/she/it yielded
wirwichenwe yielded
ihrwichtyou (pl.) yielded
sie/Siewichenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbin gewichenI have yielded
dubist gewichenyou have yielded
er/sie/esist gewichenhe/she/it has yielded
wirsind gewichenwe have yielded
ihrseid gewichenyou (pl.) have yielded
sie/Siesind gewichenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwar gewichenI had yielded
duwarst gewichenyou had yielded
er/sie/eswar gewichenhe/she/it had yielded
wirwaren gewichenwe had yielded
ihrwart gewichenyou (pl.) had yielded
sie/Siewaren gewichenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde weichenI will yield
duwirst weichenyou will yield
er/sie/eswird weichenhe/she/it will yield
wirwerden weichenwe will yield
ihrwerdet weichenyou (pl.) will yield
sie/Siewerden weichenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gewichen seinI will have yielded
duwirst gewichen seinyou will have yielded
er/sie/eswird gewichen seinhe/she/it will have yielded
wirwerden gewichen seinwe will have yielded
ihrwerdet gewichen seinyou (pl.) will have yielded
sie/Siewerden gewichen seinthey 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?

PronounGerman
ichwiche
duwichest
er/sie/eswiche
wirwichen
ihrwichet
sie/Siewichen

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
duweiche
ihrweicht