tauschen — German conjugation

to exchange

Frequency#2632Regular

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
ichtauscheI exchange
dutauschstyou exchange
er/sie/estauschthe/she/it exchanges
wirtauschenwe exchange
ihrtauschtyou (pl.) exchange
sie/Sietauschenthey exchange

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
ichtauschteI exchanged
dutauschtestyou exchanged
er/sie/estauschtehe/she/it exchanged
wirtauschtenwe exchanged
ihrtauschtetyou (pl.) exchanged
sie/Sietauschtenthey exchanged

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 getauschtI have exchanged
duhast getauschtyou have exchanged
er/sie/eshat getauschthe/she/it has exchanged
wirhaben getauschtwe have exchanged
ihrhabt getauschtyou (pl.) have exchanged
sie/Siehaben getauschtthey have exchanged

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 getauschtI had exchanged
duhattest getauschtyou had exchanged
er/sie/eshatte getauschthe/she/it had exchanged
wirhatten getauschtwe had exchanged
ihrhattet getauschtyou (pl.) had exchanged
sie/Siehatten getauschtthey had exchanged

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 tauschenI will exchange
duwirst tauschenyou will exchange
er/sie/eswird tauschenhe/she/it will exchange
wirwerden tauschenwe will exchange
ihrwerdet tauschenyou (pl.) will exchange
sie/Siewerden tauschenthey will exchange

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 getauscht habenI will have exchanged
duwirst getauscht habenyou will have exchanged
er/sie/eswird getauscht habenhe/she/it will have exchanged
wirwerden getauscht habenwe will have exchanged
ihrwerdet getauscht habenyou (pl.) will have exchanged
sie/Siewerden getauscht habenthey will have exchanged

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
ichtauschte
dutauschtest
er/sie/estauschte
wirtauschten
ihrtauschtet
sie/Sietauschten

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
dutausche
ihrtauscht