auswickeln — German conjugation

to unwrap

Frequency#1610Regular

Indicative

Present (Präsens) Regular

Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.

Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwickele ausI unwrap
duwickelst ausyou unwrap
er/sie/eswickelt aushe/she/it unwraps
wirwickeln auswe unwrap
ihrwickelt ausyou (pl.) unwrap
sie/Siewickeln austhey unwrap

Simple past (Präteritum) Regular

Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.

Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwickelte ausI unwrapped
duwickeltest ausyou unwrapped
er/sie/eswickelte aushe/she/it unwrapped
wirwickelten auswe unwrapped
ihrwickeltet ausyou (pl.) unwrapped
sie/Siewickelten austhey unwrapped

Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular

The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.

Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe ausgewickeltI have unwrapped
duhast ausgewickeltyou have unwrapped
er/sie/eshat ausgewickelthe/she/it has unwrapped
wirhaben ausgewickeltwe have unwrapped
ihrhabt ausgewickeltyou (pl.) have unwrapped
sie/Siehaben ausgewickeltthey have unwrapped

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular

The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.

Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte ausgewickeltI had unwrapped
duhattest ausgewickeltyou had unwrapped
er/sie/eshatte ausgewickelthe/she/it had unwrapped
wirhatten ausgewickeltwe had unwrapped
ihrhattet ausgewickeltyou (pl.) had unwrapped
sie/Siehatten ausgewickeltthey had unwrapped

Future I (Futur I) Regular

Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.

Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde auswickelnI will unwrap
duwirst auswickelnyou will unwrap
er/sie/eswird auswickelnhe/she/it will unwrap
wirwerden auswickelnwe will unwrap
ihrwerdet auswickelnyou (pl.) will unwrap
sie/Siewerden auswickelnthey will unwrap

Future II (Futur II) Regular

Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.

Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde ausgewickelt habenI will have unwrapped
duwirst ausgewickelt habenyou will have unwrapped
er/sie/eswird ausgewickelt habenhe/she/it will have unwrapped
wirwerden ausgewickelt habenwe will have unwrapped
ihrwerdet ausgewickelt habenyou (pl.) will have unwrapped
sie/Siewerden ausgewickelt habenthey will have unwrapped

Subjunctive

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular

Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.

Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?

PronounGerman
ichwickelte aus
duwickeltest aus
er/sie/eswickelte aus
wirwickelten aus
ihrwickeltet aus
sie/Siewickelten aus

Other forms

Imperative (Imperativ) Regular

The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.

Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.

PronounGerman
duwickele aus
ihrwickelt aus