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GERMAN VERB

hinfahren

to go there, to drive there

  • #379 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: hingefahren

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use hinfahren

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

  1. Present

    Wie fahren wir am besten hin?

    What's the best way to get there?

  2. Simple past

    Wir fuhren mit dem Zug hin und flogen zurück.

    We went there by train and flew back.

  3. Perfect

    Bist du mit dem Auto hingefahren?

    Did you drive there?

  4. Future

    Ich werde morgen früh hinfahren.

    I'll drive there tomorrow morning.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde lieber mit dem Rad hinfahren.

    I'd rather cycle there.

  6. Imperative

    Fahr hin und schau es dir an!

    Go there and have a look!

Good to know

  • Hin- points away from the speaker, her- towards them: ich fahre hin, komm her. Where to is often left out: fahren wir hin?

Where you hear hinfahren

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Advanced Level 2

  • Ich fahre heute hin. I'm going there today.
  • Ich bin gestern hingefahren. I went there yesterday.
  • Morgen fahren Sie hin. Tomorrow you go there.
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Advanced Level 2 · Sehr. Sie fahren hin. Heute Nacht. · Ich fahre hin.

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