zureden — German conjugation
to urge
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Regular
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 | rede zu | I urge |
| du | redest zu | you urge |
| er/sie/es | redet zu | he/she/it urges |
| wir | reden zu | we urge |
| ihr | redet zu | you (pl.) urge |
| sie/Sie | reden zu | they urge |
Simple past (Präteritum) Regular
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 | redete zu | I urged |
| du | redetest zu | you urged |
| er/sie/es | redete zu | he/she/it urged |
| wir | redeten zu | we urged |
| ihr | redetet zu | you (pl.) urged |
| sie/Sie | redeten zu | they urged |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular
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 zugeredet | I have urged |
| du | hast zugeredet | you have urged |
| er/sie/es | hat zugeredet | he/she/it has urged |
| wir | haben zugeredet | we have urged |
| ihr | habt zugeredet | you (pl.) have urged |
| sie/Sie | haben zugeredet | they have urged |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular
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 zugeredet | I had urged |
| du | hattest zugeredet | you had urged |
| er/sie/es | hatte zugeredet | he/she/it had urged |
| wir | hatten zugeredet | we had urged |
| ihr | hattet zugeredet | you (pl.) had urged |
| sie/Sie | hatten zugeredet | they had urged |
Future I (Futur I) Regular
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 zureden | I will urge |
| du | wirst zureden | you will urge |
| er/sie/es | wird zureden | he/she/it will urge |
| wir | werden zureden | we will urge |
| ihr | werdet zureden | you (pl.) will urge |
| sie/Sie | werden zureden | they will urge |
Future II (Futur II) Regular
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 zugeredet haben | I will have urged |
| du | wirst zugeredet haben | you will have urged |
| er/sie/es | wird zugeredet haben | he/she/it will have urged |
| wir | werden zugeredet haben | we will have urged |
| ihr | werdet zugeredet haben | you (pl.) will have urged |
| sie/Sie | werden zugeredet haben | they will have urged |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular
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 | redete zu |
| du | redetest zu |
| er/sie/es | redete zu |
| wir | redeten zu |
| ihr | redetet zu |
| sie/Sie | redeten zu |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Regular
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 | rede zu |
| ihr | redet zu |