transformieren — German conjugation

to transform

Frequency#961Regular

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
ichtransformiereI transform
dutransformierstyou transform
er/sie/estransformierthe/she/it transforms
wirtransformierenwe transform
ihrtransformiertyou (pl.) transform
sie/Sietransformierenthey transform

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
ichtransformierteI transformed
dutransformiertestyou transformed
er/sie/estransformiertehe/she/it transformed
wirtransformiertenwe transformed
ihrtransformiertetyou (pl.) transformed
sie/Sietransformiertenthey transformed

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 transformiertI have transformed
duhast transformiertyou have transformed
er/sie/eshat transformierthe/she/it has transformed
wirhaben transformiertwe have transformed
ihrhabt transformiertyou (pl.) have transformed
sie/Siehaben transformiertthey have transformed

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 transformiertI had transformed
duhattest transformiertyou had transformed
er/sie/eshatte transformierthe/she/it had transformed
wirhatten transformiertwe had transformed
ihrhattet transformiertyou (pl.) had transformed
sie/Siehatten transformiertthey had transformed

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 transformierenI will transform
duwirst transformierenyou will transform
er/sie/eswird transformierenhe/she/it will transform
wirwerden transformierenwe will transform
ihrwerdet transformierenyou (pl.) will transform
sie/Siewerden transformierenthey will transform

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

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
ichtransformierte
dutransformiertest
er/sie/estransformierte
wirtransformierten
ihrtransformiertet
sie/Sietransformierten

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
dutransformiere
ihrtransformiert