German reference

heißen

to be called

Irregular · 13 form tables

Includes indicative, subjunctive I and II, and imperative forms. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.

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Indicative

heißen: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I am called
du	you are called
er/sie/es	he/she/it is called
wir	we are called
ihr	you (plural) are called
sie/Sie	they are called; you (formal) are called

heißen: Simple past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I was called
du	you were called
er/sie/es	he/she/it was called
wir	we were called
ihr	you (plural) were called
sie/Sie	they were called; you (formal) were called

heißen: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I was called; I have been called
du	you were called; you have been called
er/sie/es	he/she/it was called; he/she/it has been called
wir	we were called; we have been called
ihr	you (plural) were called; you (plural) have been called
sie/Sie	they were called; they have been called; you (formal) were called; you (formal) have been called

heißen: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I had been called
du	you had been called
er/sie/es	he/she/it had been called
wir	we had been called
ihr	you (plural) had been called
sie/Sie	they had been called; you (formal) had been called

heißen: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I will be called
du	you will be called
er/sie/es	he/she/it will be called
wir	we will be called
ihr	you (plural) will be called
sie/Sie	they will be called; you (formal) will be called

heißen: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I will have been called
du	you will have been called
er/sie/es	he/she/it will have been called
wir	we will have been called
ihr	you (plural) will have been called
sie/Sie	they will have been called; you (formal) will have been called

heißen: Subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(that) I am called
du	(that) you are called
er/sie/es	(that) he/she/it is called
wir	(that) we are called
ihr	(that) you (plural) are called
sie/Sie	(that) they are called; (that) you (formal) are called

heißen: Subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would be called
du	you would be called
er/sie/es	he/she/it would be called
wir	we would be called
ihr	you (plural) would be called
sie/Sie	they would be called; you (formal) would be called

heißen: Past subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would have been called
du	you would have been called
er/sie/es	he/she/it would have been called
wir	we would have been called
ihr	you (plural) would have been called
sie/Sie	they would have been called; you (formal) would have been called

heißen: Would form
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would be called
du	you would be called
er/sie/es	he/she/it would be called
wir	we would be called
ihr	you (plural) would be called
sie/Sie	they would be called; you (formal) would be called

heißen: Past subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(reportedly) I have been called
du	(reportedly) you have been called
er/sie/es	(reportedly) he/she/it has been called
wir	(reportedly) we have been called
ihr	(reportedly) you (plural) have been called
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they have been called; (reportedly) you (formal) have been called

heißen: Future subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(reportedly) I will be called
du	(reportedly) you will be called
er/sie/es	(reportedly) he/she/it will be called
wir	(reportedly) we will be called
ihr	(reportedly) you (plural) will be called
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they will be called; (reportedly) you (formal) will be called

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