zureichen — German conjugation
to hand over
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 | reiche zu | I hand over |
| du | reichst zu | you hand over |
| er/sie/es | reicht zu | he/she/it hands over |
| wir | reichen zu | we hand over |
| ihr | reicht zu | you (pl.) hand over |
| sie/Sie | reichen zu | they hand over |
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 | reichte zu | I handed over |
| du | reichtest zu | you handed over |
| er/sie/es | reichte zu | he/she/it handed over |
| wir | reichten zu | we handed over |
| ihr | reichtet zu | you (pl.) handed over |
| sie/Sie | reichten zu | they handed over |
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 zugereicht | I have handed over |
| du | hast zugereicht | you have handed over |
| er/sie/es | hat zugereicht | he/she/it has handed over |
| wir | haben zugereicht | we have handed over |
| ihr | habt zugereicht | you (pl.) have handed over |
| sie/Sie | haben zugereicht | they have handed over |
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 zugereicht | I had handed over |
| du | hattest zugereicht | you had handed over |
| er/sie/es | hatte zugereicht | he/she/it had handed over |
| wir | hatten zugereicht | we had handed over |
| ihr | hattet zugereicht | you (pl.) had handed over |
| sie/Sie | hatten zugereicht | they had handed over |
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 zureichen | I will hand over |
| du | wirst zureichen | you will hand over |
| er/sie/es | wird zureichen | he/she/it will hand over |
| wir | werden zureichen | we will hand over |
| ihr | werdet zureichen | you (pl.) will hand over |
| sie/Sie | werden zureichen | they will hand over |
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 zugereicht haben | I will have handed over |
| du | wirst zugereicht haben | you will have handed over |
| er/sie/es | wird zugereicht haben | he/she/it will have handed over |
| wir | werden zugereicht haben | we will have handed over |
| ihr | werdet zugereicht haben | you (pl.) will have handed over |
| sie/Sie | werden zugereicht haben | they will have handed over |
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 | reichte zu |
| du | reichtest zu |
| er/sie/es | reichte zu |
| wir | reichten zu |
| ihr | reichtet zu |
| sie/Sie | reichten 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 | reiche zu |
| ihr | reicht zu |