springen — German conjugation

to jump

Frequency#161Irregular

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
ichspringeI jump
duspringstyou jump
er/sie/esspringthe/she/it jumps
wirspringenwe jump
ihrspringtyou (pl.) jump
sie/Siespringenthey jump

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
ichsprangI jumped
dusprangstyou jumped
er/sie/esspranghe/she/it jumped
wirsprangenwe jumped
ihrsprangtyou (pl.) jumped
sie/Siesprangenthey jumped

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
ichbin gesprungenI have jumped
dubist gesprungenyou have jumped
er/sie/esist gesprungenhe/she/it has jumped
wirsind gesprungenwe have jumped
ihrseid gesprungenyou (pl.) have jumped
sie/Siesind gesprungenthey have jumped

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
ichwar gesprungenI had jumped
duwarst gesprungenyou had jumped
er/sie/eswar gesprungenhe/she/it had jumped
wirwaren gesprungenwe had jumped
ihrwart gesprungenyou (pl.) had jumped
sie/Siewaren gesprungenthey had jumped

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 springenI will jump
duwirst springenyou will jump
er/sie/eswird springenhe/she/it will jump
wirwerden springenwe will jump
ihrwerdet springenyou (pl.) will jump
sie/Siewerden springenthey will jump

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 gesprungen seinI will have jumped
duwirst gesprungen seinyou will have jumped
er/sie/eswird gesprungen seinhe/she/it will have jumped
wirwerden gesprungen seinwe will have jumped
ihrwerdet gesprungen seinyou (pl.) will have jumped
sie/Siewerden gesprungen seinthey will have jumped

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
ichspränge
dusprängest
er/sie/esspränge
wirsprängen
ihrspränget
sie/Siesprängen

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
duspringe
ihrspringt