Skip to content
fluentbyear

GERMAN VERB

heiraten

to marry

  • #406 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: geheiratet

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I marry
  2. du you marry
  3. er, sie, es he/she marries
  4. wir we marry
  5. ihr you all marry
  6. sie, Sie they marry

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I married
  2. du you married
  3. er, sie, es he/she married
  4. wir we married
  5. ihr you all married
  6. sie, Sie they married

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have married
  2. du you have married
  3. er, sie, es he/she has married
  4. wir we have married
  5. ihr you all have married
  6. sie, Sie they have married

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will marry
  2. du you will marry
  3. er, sie, es he/she will marry
  4. wir we will marry
  5. ihr you all will marry
  6. sie, Sie they will marry

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would marry
  2. du you would marry
  3. er, sie, es he/she would marry
  4. wir we would marry
  5. ihr you all would marry
  6. sie, Sie they would marry

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du marry!
  2. ihr marry! (all of you)
  3. Sie marry! (formal)

How to use heiraten

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Meine Schwester heiratet im Juni.

    My sister is getting married in June.

  2. Simple past

    Meine Großeltern heirateten mit zwanzig.

    My grandparents married at twenty.

  3. Perfect

    Wir haben letztes Jahr in Dänemark geheiratet.

    We got married in Denmark last year.

  4. Future

    Sie werden im Herbst am Meer heiraten.

    They'll get married by the sea in the autumn.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde nie im Winter heiraten.

    I would never get married in winter.

  6. Imperative

    Heirate ihn, wenn du ihn liebst.

    Marry him if you love him.

Good to know

  • Heiraten takes no preposition: Sie heiratet ihren Freund. Verheiratet sein is to be married.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.