springen — German conjugation
to jump
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 | springe | I jump |
| du | springst | you jump |
| er/sie/es | springt | he/she/it jumps |
| wir | springen | we jump |
| ihr | springt | you (pl.) jump |
| sie/Sie | springen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | sprang | I jumped |
| du | sprangst | you jumped |
| er/sie/es | sprang | he/she/it jumped |
| wir | sprangen | we jumped |
| ihr | sprangt | you (pl.) jumped |
| sie/Sie | sprangen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | bin gesprungen | I have jumped |
| du | bist gesprungen | you have jumped |
| er/sie/es | ist gesprungen | he/she/it has jumped |
| wir | sind gesprungen | we have jumped |
| ihr | seid gesprungen | you (pl.) have jumped |
| sie/Sie | sind gesprungen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | war gesprungen | I had jumped |
| du | warst gesprungen | you had jumped |
| er/sie/es | war gesprungen | he/she/it had jumped |
| wir | waren gesprungen | we had jumped |
| ihr | wart gesprungen | you (pl.) had jumped |
| sie/Sie | waren gesprungen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde springen | I will jump |
| du | wirst springen | you will jump |
| er/sie/es | wird springen | he/she/it will jump |
| wir | werden springen | we will jump |
| ihr | werdet springen | you (pl.) will jump |
| sie/Sie | werden springen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde gesprungen sein | I will have jumped |
| du | wirst gesprungen sein | you will have jumped |
| er/sie/es | wird gesprungen sein | he/she/it will have jumped |
| wir | werden gesprungen sein | we will have jumped |
| ihr | werdet gesprungen sein | you (pl.) will have jumped |
| sie/Sie | werden gesprungen sein | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | spränge |
| du | sprängest |
| er/sie/es | spränge |
| wir | sprängen |
| ihr | spränget |
| sie/Sie | sprängen |
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 | springe |
| ihr | springt |