zuziehen — German conjugation

to pull in

Frequency#1591Irregular

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
ichziehe zuI pull in
duziehst zuyou pull in
er/sie/eszieht zuhe/she/it pulls in
wirziehen zuwe pull in
ihrzieht zuyou (pl.) pull in
sie/Sieziehen zuthey pull in

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
ichzog zuI pulled in
duzogst zuyou pulled in
er/sie/eszog zuhe/she/it pulled in
wirzogen zuwe pulled in
ihrzogt zuyou (pl.) pulled in
sie/Siezogen zuthey pulled in

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
ichhabe zugezogenI have pulled in
duhast zugezogenyou have pulled in
er/sie/eshat zugezogenhe/she/it has pulled in
wirhaben zugezogenwe have pulled in
ihrhabt zugezogenyou (pl.) have pulled in
sie/Siehaben zugezogenthey have pulled in

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
ichhatte zugezogenI had pulled in
duhattest zugezogenyou had pulled in
er/sie/eshatte zugezogenhe/she/it had pulled in
wirhatten zugezogenwe had pulled in
ihrhattet zugezogenyou (pl.) had pulled in
sie/Siehatten zugezogenthey had pulled in

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 zuziehenI will pull in
duwirst zuziehenyou will pull in
er/sie/eswird zuziehenhe/she/it will pull in
wirwerden zuziehenwe will pull in
ihrwerdet zuziehenyou (pl.) will pull in
sie/Siewerden zuziehenthey will pull in

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 zugezogen habenI will have pulled in
duwirst zugezogen habenyou will have pulled in
er/sie/eswird zugezogen habenhe/she/it will have pulled in
wirwerden zugezogen habenwe will have pulled in
ihrwerdet zugezogen habenyou (pl.) will have pulled in
sie/Siewerden zugezogen habenthey will have pulled in

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
ichzöge zu
duzögest zu
er/sie/eszöge zu
wirzögen zu
ihrzöget zu
sie/Siezögen 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.

PronounGerman
duziehe zu
ihrzieht zu