zukommen — German conjugation

to come to

Frequency#2271Irregular

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	komme zu	I come to
du	kommst zu	you come to
er/sie/es	kommt zu	he/she/it comes to
wir	kommen zu	we come to
ihr	kommt zu	you (pl.) come to
sie/Sie	kommen zu	they come to

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	kam zu	I came to
du	kamst zu	you came to
er/sie/es	kam zu	he/she/it came to
wir	kamen zu	we came to
ihr	kamt zu	you (pl.) came to
sie/Sie	kamen zu	they came to

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 zugekommen	I have come to
du	bist zugekommen	you have come to
er/sie/es	ist zugekommen	he/she/it has come to
wir	sind zugekommen	we have come to
ihr	seid zugekommen	you (pl.) have come to
sie/Sie	sind zugekommen	they have come to

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 zugekommen	I had come to
du	warst zugekommen	you had come to
er/sie/es	war zugekommen	he/she/it had come to
wir	waren zugekommen	we had come to
ihr	wart zugekommen	you (pl.) had come to
sie/Sie	waren zugekommen	they had come to

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 zukommen	I will come to
du	wirst zukommen	you will come to
er/sie/es	wird zukommen	he/she/it will come to
wir	werden zukommen	we will come to
ihr	werdet zukommen	you (pl.) will come to
sie/Sie	werden zukommen	they will come to

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 zugekommen sein	I will have come to
du	wirst zugekommen sein	you will have come to
er/sie/es	wird zugekommen sein	he/she/it will have come to
wir	werden zugekommen sein	we will have come to
ihr	werdet zugekommen sein	you (pl.) will have come to
sie/Sie	werden zugekommen sein	they will have come to

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	käme zu
du	kämest zu
er/sie/es	käme zu
wir	kämen zu
ihr	kämet zu
sie/Sie	kämen zu

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	komme zu
ihr	kommt zu