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GERMAN VERB

wegfahren

to go away, to drive off

  • #381 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: weggefahren

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use wegfahren

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

  1. Present

    Fahrt ihr im Sommer weg?

    Are you going away this summer?

  2. Simple past

    Das Auto fuhr einfach weg.

    The car just drove off.

  3. Perfect

    Unsere Nachbarn sind für zwei Wochen weggefahren.

    Our neighbours have gone away for two weeks.

  4. Future

    Wir werden an Ostern nicht wegfahren.

    We won't be going away at Easter.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde gern mal übers Wochenende wegfahren.

    I'd like to go away for a weekend sometime.

  6. Imperative

    Fahr noch nicht weg, ich brauche das Auto.

    Don't drive off yet, I need the car.

Good to know

  • Wegfahren is also to go away for a trip: Wir fahren übers Wochenende weg.

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