stammen — German conjugation
to originate (to come from)
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 | stamme | I originate |
| du | stammst | you originate |
| er/sie/es | stammt | he/she/it originates |
| wir | stammen | we originate |
| ihr | stammt | you (pl.) originate |
| sie/Sie | stammen | they originate |
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 | stammte | I originated |
| du | stammtest | you originated |
| er/sie/es | stammte | he/she/it originated |
| wir | stammten | we originated |
| ihr | stammtet | you (pl.) originated |
| sie/Sie | stammten | they originated |
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 | habe gestammt | I have originated |
| du | hast gestammt | you have originated |
| er/sie/es | hat gestammt | he/she/it has originated |
| wir | haben gestammt | we have originated |
| ihr | habt gestammt | you (pl.) have originated |
| sie/Sie | haben gestammt | they have originated |
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 | hatte gestammt | I had originated |
| du | hattest gestammt | you had originated |
| er/sie/es | hatte gestammt | he/she/it had originated |
| wir | hatten gestammt | we had originated |
| ihr | hattet gestammt | you (pl.) had originated |
| sie/Sie | hatten gestammt | they had originated |
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 stammen | I will originate |
| du | wirst stammen | you will originate |
| er/sie/es | wird stammen | he/she/it will originate |
| wir | werden stammen | we will originate |
| ihr | werdet stammen | you (pl.) will originate |
| sie/Sie | werden stammen | they will originate |
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 gestammt haben | I will have originated |
| du | wirst gestammt haben | you will have originated |
| er/sie/es | wird gestammt haben | he/she/it will have originated |
| wir | werden gestammt haben | we will have originated |
| ihr | werdet gestammt haben | you (pl.) will have originated |
| sie/Sie | werden gestammt haben | they will have originated |
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 | stammte |
| du | stammtest |
| er/sie/es | stammte |
| wir | stammten |
| ihr | stammtet |
| sie/Sie | stammten |
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 | stamme |
| ihr | stammt |