schlingen — German conjugation

to wind

Frequency#1289Irregular

Indicative

Present (Präsens) Irregular

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
ichschlingeI wind
duschlingstyou wind
er/sie/esschlingthe/she/it winds
wirschlingenwe wind
ihrschlingtyou (pl.) wind
sie/Sieschlingenthey wind

Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular

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
ichschlangI wound
duschlangstyou wound
er/sie/esschlanghe/she/it wound
wirschlangenwe wound
ihrschlangtyou (pl.) wound
sie/Sieschlangenthey wound

Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular

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 geschlungenI have wound
duhast geschlungenyou have wound
er/sie/eshat geschlungenhe/she/it has wound
wirhaben geschlungenwe have wound
ihrhabt geschlungenyou (pl.) have wound
sie/Siehaben geschlungenthey have wound

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular

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 geschlungenI had wound
duhattest geschlungenyou had wound
er/sie/eshatte geschlungenhe/she/it had wound
wirhatten geschlungenwe had wound
ihrhattet geschlungenyou (pl.) had wound
sie/Siehatten geschlungenthey had wound

Future I (Futur I) Irregular

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 schlingenI will wind
duwirst schlingenyou will wind
er/sie/eswird schlingenhe/she/it will wind
wirwerden schlingenwe will wind
ihrwerdet schlingenyou (pl.) will wind
sie/Siewerden schlingenthey will wind

Future II (Futur II) Irregular

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 geschlungen habenI will have wound
duwirst geschlungen habenyou will have wound
er/sie/eswird geschlungen habenhe/she/it will have wound
wirwerden geschlungen habenwe will have wound
ihrwerdet geschlungen habenyou (pl.) will have wound
sie/Siewerden geschlungen habenthey will have wound

Subjunctive

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular

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
ichschlänge
duschlängest
er/sie/esschlänge
wirschlängen
ihrschlänget
sie/Sieschlängen

Other forms

Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular

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
duschlinge
ihrschlingt