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zurückgehen

to go back; to decrease

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

Present

zurückgehen: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI go back
duyou go back
er/sie/eshe/she/it goes back
wirwe go back
ihryou (plural) go back
sie/Siethey go back; you (formal) go back

Simple past

zurückgehen: Simple past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI went back
duyou went back
er/sie/eshe/she/it went back
wirwe went back
ihryou (plural) went back
sie/Siethey went back; you (formal) went back

Compound past

zurückgehen: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI went back; I have gone back
duyou went back; you have gone back
er/sie/eshe/she/it went back; he/she/it has gone back
wirwe went back; we have gone back
ihryou (plural) went back; you (plural) have gone back
sie/Siethey went back; they have gone back; you (formal) went back; you (formal) have gone back

Past perfect

zurückgehen: Past perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI had gone back
duyou had gone back
er/sie/eshe/she/it had gone back
wirwe had gone back
ihryou (plural) had gone back
sie/Siethey had gone back; you (formal) had gone back

Future

zurückgehen: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI will go back
duyou will go back
er/sie/eshe/she/it will go back
wirwe will go back
ihryou (plural) will go back
sie/Siethey will go back; you (formal) will go back

Future perfect

zurückgehen: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI will have gone back
duyou will have gone back
er/sie/eshe/she/it will have gone back
wirwe will have gone back
ihryou (plural) will have gone back
sie/Siethey will have gone back; you (formal) will have gone back

Subjunctive

Subjunctive I

zurückgehen: Subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(that) I go back
du(that) you go back
er/sie/es(that) he/she/it goes back
wir(that) we go back
ihr(that) you (plural) go back
sie/Sie(that) they go back; (that) you (formal) go back

Subjunctive II

zurückgehen: Subjunctive II
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would go back
duyou would go back
er/sie/eshe/she/it would go back
wirwe would go back
ihryou (plural) would go back
sie/Siethey would go back; you (formal) would go back

Past subjunctive II

zurückgehen: Past subjunctive II
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would have gone back
duyou would have gone back
er/sie/eshe/she/it would have gone back
wirwe would have gone back
ihryou (plural) would have gone back
sie/Siethey would have gone back; you (formal) would have gone back

Would form

zurückgehen: Would form
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would go back
duyou would go back
er/sie/eshe/she/it would go back
wirwe would go back
ihryou (plural) would go back
sie/Siethey would go back; you (formal) would go back

Past subjunctive I

zurückgehen: Past subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(reportedly) I have gone back
du(reportedly) you have gone back
er/sie/es(reportedly) he/she/it has gone back
wir(reportedly) we have gone back
ihr(reportedly) you (plural) have gone back
sie/Sie(reportedly) they have gone back; (reportedly) you (formal) have gone back

Future subjunctive I

zurückgehen: Future subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(reportedly) I will go back
du(reportedly) you will go back
er/sie/es(reportedly) he/she/it will go back
wir(reportedly) we will go back
ihr(reportedly) you (plural) will go back
sie/Sie(reportedly) they will go back; (reportedly) you (formal) will go back

Imperative

Imperative

zurückgehen: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
dugo back!
ihrgo back! (plural)
sie/Siego back! (formal)

Additional forms

Infinitive with zu
Present participle
Past participle
Past infinitive

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