zuwerfen — German conjugation
to throw (to)
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 | werfe zu | I throw |
| du | wirfst zu | you throw |
| er/sie/es | wirft zu | he/she/it throws |
| wir | werfen zu | we throw |
| ihr | werft zu | you (pl.) throw |
| sie/Sie | werfen zu | they throw |
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 | warf zu | I threw |
| du | warfst zu | you threw |
| er/sie/es | warf zu | he/she/it threw |
| wir | warfen zu | we threw |
| ihr | warft zu | you (pl.) threw |
| sie/Sie | warfen zu | they threw |
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 | habe zugeworfen | I have thrown |
| du | hast zugeworfen | you have thrown |
| er/sie/es | hat zugeworfen | he/she/it has thrown |
| wir | haben zugeworfen | we have thrown |
| ihr | habt zugeworfen | you (pl.) have thrown |
| sie/Sie | haben zugeworfen | they have thrown |
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 | hatte zugeworfen | I had thrown |
| du | hattest zugeworfen | you had thrown |
| er/sie/es | hatte zugeworfen | he/she/it had thrown |
| wir | hatten zugeworfen | we had thrown |
| ihr | hattet zugeworfen | you (pl.) had thrown |
| sie/Sie | hatten zugeworfen | they had thrown |
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 zuwerfen | I will throw |
| du | wirst zuwerfen | you will throw |
| er/sie/es | wird zuwerfen | he/she/it will throw |
| wir | werden zuwerfen | we will throw |
| ihr | werdet zuwerfen | you (pl.) will throw |
| sie/Sie | werden zuwerfen | they will throw |
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 zugeworfen haben | I will have thrown |
| du | wirst zugeworfen haben | you will have thrown |
| er/sie/es | wird zugeworfen haben | he/she/it will have thrown |
| wir | werden zugeworfen haben | we will have thrown |
| ihr | werdet zugeworfen haben | you (pl.) will have thrown |
| sie/Sie | werden zugeworfen haben | they will have thrown |
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 | würfe zu |
| du | würfest zu |
| er/sie/es | würfe zu |
| wir | würfen zu |
| ihr | würfet zu |
| sie/Sie | würfen 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 | wirf zu |
| ihr | werft zu |