transponieren — German conjugation

to transpose

Frequency#2162Regular

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
ichtransponiereI transpose
dutransponierstyou transpose
er/sie/estransponierthe/she/it transposes
wirtransponierenwe transpose
ihrtransponiertyou (pl.) transpose
sie/Sietransponierenthey transpose

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
ichtransponierteI transposed
dutransponiertestyou transposed
er/sie/estransponiertehe/she/it transposed
wirtransponiertenwe transposed
ihrtransponiertetyou (pl.) transposed
sie/Sietransponiertenthey transposed

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 transponiertI have transposed
duhast transponiertyou have transposed
er/sie/eshat transponierthe/she/it has transposed
wirhaben transponiertwe have transposed
ihrhabt transponiertyou (pl.) have transposed
sie/Siehaben transponiertthey have transposed

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 transponiertI had transposed
duhattest transponiertyou had transposed
er/sie/eshatte transponierthe/she/it had transposed
wirhatten transponiertwe had transposed
ihrhattet transponiertyou (pl.) had transposed
sie/Siehatten transponiertthey had transposed

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 transponierenI will transpose
duwirst transponierenyou will transpose
er/sie/eswird transponierenhe/she/it will transpose
wirwerden transponierenwe will transpose
ihrwerdet transponierenyou (pl.) will transpose
sie/Siewerden transponierenthey will transpose

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

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
ichtransponierte
dutransponiertest
er/sie/estransponierte
wirtransponierten
ihrtransponiertet
sie/Sietransponierten

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
dutransponiere
ihrtransponiert