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GERMAN VERB

vergehen

to pass, of time

  • #85 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: vergangen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use vergehen

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

  1. Present

    Die Zeit vergeht so schnell mit Kindern.

    Time passes so quickly with children.

  2. Simple past

    Der Abend verging wie im Flug.

    The evening flew by.

  3. Perfect

    Seitdem sind fast zwanzig Jahre vergangen.

    Almost twenty years have passed since then.

  4. Future

    Der Schmerz wird in ein paar Tagen vergehen.

    The pain will go away in a few days.

  5. Conditional

    Ohne dich würde die Woche viel langsamer vergehen.

    Without you the week would go by much more slowly.

Good to know

  • Wie die Zeit vergeht! is how time flies!

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.