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Conjugation of the German verb heißen

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb heißen, along with their English translations.

Infinitive		Scored
heißen	to be called

Present		Scored
ich heiße	I am called
du heißt	you are called
er heißt	he is called
sie heißt	she is called
wir heißen	we are called
ihr heißt	you are called
sie heißen	they are called

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich hieß	I was called
du hießt	you were called
er hieß	he was called
sie hieß	she was called
wir hießen	we were called
ihr hießt	you were called
sie hießen	they were called

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe geheißen	I was called
du hast geheißen	you were called
er hat geheißen	he was called
es hat geheißen	she was called
wir haben geheißen	we were called
ihr habt geheißen	you were called
sie haben geheißen	they were called

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte geheißen	I had been called
du hattest geheißen	you had been called
er hatte geheißen	he had been called
es hatte geheißen	she had been called
wir hatten geheißen	we had been called
ihr hattet geheißen	you had been called
sie hatten geheißen	they had been called

Future		Scored
ich werde heißen	I will be called
du wirst heißen	you will be called
er wird heißen	he will be called
sie wird heißen	she will be called
wir werden heißen	we will be called
ihr werdet heißen	you will be called
sie werden heißen	they will be called

Future Perfect / Futur II The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.		Scored
ich werde geheißen haben	I will have been called
du wirst geheißen haben	you will have been called
er wird geheißen haben	he will have been called
es wird geheißen haben	she will have been called
wir werden geheißen haben	we will have been called
ihr werdet geheißen haben	you will have been called
sie werden geheißen haben	they will have been called

Conditional		Scored
ich würde heißen	I would be called
du würdest heißen	you would be called
er würde heißen	he would be called
sie würde heißen	she would be called
wir würden heißen	we would be called
ihr würdet heißen	you would be called
sie würden heißen	they would be called

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.		Scored
ich hätte geheißen	I would have been called
du hättest geheißen	you would have been called
er hätte geheißen	he would have been called
es hätte geheißen	she would have been called
wir hätten geheißen	we would have been called
ihr hättet geheißen	you would have been called
sie hätten geheißen	they would have been called

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich hieße	I would be called
du hießest	you would be called
er hieße	he would be called
sie hieße	she would be called
wir hießen	we would be called
ihr hießet	you would be called
sie hießen	they would be called

Imperative		Scored
heiße	Be called
heißen wir	Let's be called
heißt	Be called

Present Participle		Scored
heißend	being called

Past Participle		Scored
geheißen	been called

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