stürmen — German conjugation

to storm

Frequency#1467Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichstürmeI storm
dustürmstyou storm
er/sie/esstürmthe/she/it storms
wirstürmenwe storm
ihrstürmtyou (pl.) storm
sie/Siestürmenthey storm

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichstürmteI stormed
dustürmtestyou stormed
er/sie/esstürmtehe/she/it stormed
wirstürmtenwe stormed
ihrstürmtetyou (pl.) stormed
sie/Siestürmtenthey stormed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gestürmtI have stormed
duhast gestürmtyou have stormed
er/sie/eshat gestürmthe/she/it has stormed
wirhaben gestürmtwe have stormed
ihrhabt gestürmtyou (pl.) have stormed
sie/Siehaben gestürmtthey have stormed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gestürmtI had stormed
duhattest gestürmtyou had stormed
er/sie/eshatte gestürmthe/she/it had stormed
wirhatten gestürmtwe had stormed
ihrhattet gestürmtyou (pl.) had stormed
sie/Siehatten gestürmtthey had stormed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde stürmenI will storm
duwirst stürmenyou will storm
er/sie/eswird stürmenhe/she/it will storm
wirwerden stürmenwe will storm
ihrwerdet stürmenyou (pl.) will storm
sie/Siewerden stürmenthey will storm

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gestürmt habenI will have stormed
duwirst gestürmt habenyou will have stormed
er/sie/eswird gestürmt habenhe/she/it will have stormed
wirwerden gestürmt habenwe will have stormed
ihrwerdet gestürmt habenyou (pl.) will have stormed
sie/Siewerden gestürmt habenthey will have stormed

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?

PronounGerman
ichstürmte
dustürmtest
er/sie/esstürmte
wirstürmten
ihrstürmtet
sie/Siestürmten

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.

PronounGerman
dustürme
ihrstürmt