landen — German conjugation
to land
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 | lande | I land |
| du | landest | you land |
| er/sie/es | landet | he/she/it lands |
| wir | landen | we land |
| ihr | landet | you (pl.) land |
| sie/Sie | landen | they land |
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 | landete | I landed |
| du | landetest | you landed |
| er/sie/es | landete | he/she/it landed |
| wir | landeten | we landed |
| ihr | landetet | you (pl.) landed |
| sie/Sie | landeten | they landed |
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 gelandet | I have landed |
| du | bist gelandet | you have landed |
| er/sie/es | ist gelandet | he/she/it has landed |
| wir | sind gelandet | we have landed |
| ihr | seid gelandet | you (pl.) have landed |
| sie/Sie | sind gelandet | they have landed |
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 gelandet | I had landed |
| du | warst gelandet | you had landed |
| er/sie/es | war gelandet | he/she/it had landed |
| wir | waren gelandet | we had landed |
| ihr | wart gelandet | you (pl.) had landed |
| sie/Sie | waren gelandet | they had landed |
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 landen | I will land |
| du | wirst landen | you will land |
| er/sie/es | wird landen | he/she/it will land |
| wir | werden landen | we will land |
| ihr | werdet landen | you (pl.) will land |
| sie/Sie | werden landen | they will land |
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 gelandet sein | I will have landed |
| du | wirst gelandet sein | you will have landed |
| er/sie/es | wird gelandet sein | he/she/it will have landed |
| wir | werden gelandet sein | we will have landed |
| ihr | werdet gelandet sein | you (pl.) will have landed |
| sie/Sie | werden gelandet sein | they will have landed |
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 | landete |
| du | landetest |
| er/sie/es | landete |
| wir | landeten |
| ihr | landetet |
| sie/Sie | landeten |
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 | lande |
| ihr | landet |