entstammen — German conjugation
to stem from
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | entstamme | I stem from |
| du | entstammst | you stem from |
| er/sie/es | entstammt | he/she/it stems from |
| wir | entstammen | we stem from |
| ihr | entstammt | you (pl.) stem from |
| sie/Sie | entstammen | they stem from |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | entstammte | I stemmed from |
| du | entstammtest | you stemmed from |
| er/sie/es | entstammte | he/she/it stemmed from |
| wir | entstammten | we stemmed from |
| ihr | entstammtet | you (pl.) stemmed from |
| sie/Sie | entstammten | they stemmed from |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | bin entstammt | I have stemmed from |
| du | bist entstammt | you have stemmed from |
| er/sie/es | ist entstammt | he/she/it has stemmed from |
| wir | sind entstammt | we have stemmed from |
| ihr | seid entstammt | you (pl.) have stemmed from |
| sie/Sie | sind entstammt | they have stemmed from |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | war entstammt | I had stemmed from |
| du | warst entstammt | you had stemmed from |
| er/sie/es | war entstammt | he/she/it had stemmed from |
| wir | waren entstammt | we had stemmed from |
| ihr | wart entstammt | you (pl.) had stemmed from |
| sie/Sie | waren entstammt | they had stemmed from |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde entstammen | I will stem from |
| du | wirst entstammen | you will stem from |
| er/sie/es | wird entstammen | he/she/it will stem from |
| wir | werden entstammen | we will stem from |
| ihr | werdet entstammen | you (pl.) will stem from |
| sie/Sie | werden entstammen | they will stem from |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde entstammt sein | I will have stemmed from |
| du | wirst entstammt sein | you will have stemmed from |
| er/sie/es | wird entstammt sein | he/she/it will have stemmed from |
| wir | werden entstammt sein | we will have stemmed from |
| ihr | werdet entstammt sein | you (pl.) will have stemmed from |
| sie/Sie | werden entstammt sein | they will have stemmed from |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | entstammte |
| du | entstammtest |
| er/sie/es | entstammte |
| wir | entstammten |
| ihr | entstammtet |
| sie/Sie | entstammten |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | entstamme |
| ihr | entstammt |