schwellen — German conjugation
to swell
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | schwelle | I swell |
| du | schwillst | you swell |
| er/sie/es | schwillt | he/she/it swells |
| wir | schwellen | we swell |
| ihr | schwellt | you (pl.) swell |
| sie/Sie | schwellen | they swell |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | schwoll | I swelled |
| du | schwollst | you swelled |
| er/sie/es | schwoll | he/she/it swelled |
| wir | schwollen | we swelled |
| ihr | schwollt | you (pl.) swelled |
| sie/Sie | schwollen | they swelled |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | bin geschwollen | I have swollen |
| du | bist geschwollen | you have swollen |
| er/sie/es | ist geschwollen | he/she/it has swollen |
| wir | sind geschwollen | we have swollen |
| ihr | seid geschwollen | you (pl.) have swollen |
| sie/Sie | sind geschwollen | they have swollen |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | war geschwollen | I had swollen |
| du | warst geschwollen | you had swollen |
| er/sie/es | war geschwollen | he/she/it had swollen |
| wir | waren geschwollen | we had swollen |
| ihr | wart geschwollen | you (pl.) had swollen |
| sie/Sie | waren geschwollen | they had swollen |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde schwellen | I will swell |
| du | wirst schwellen | you will swell |
| er/sie/es | wird schwellen | he/she/it will swell |
| wir | werden schwellen | we will swell |
| ihr | werdet schwellen | you (pl.) will swell |
| sie/Sie | werden schwellen | they will swell |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde geschwollen sein | I will have swollen |
| du | wirst geschwollen sein | you will have swollen |
| er/sie/es | wird geschwollen sein | he/she/it will have swollen |
| wir | werden geschwollen sein | we will have swollen |
| ihr | werdet geschwollen sein | you (pl.) will have swollen |
| sie/Sie | werden geschwollen sein | they will have swollen |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | schwölle |
| du | schwöllest |
| er/sie/es | schwölle |
| wir | schwöllen |
| ihr | schwöllet |
| sie/Sie | schwöllen |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | schwill |
| ihr | schwellt |