umändern — German conjugation
to change
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 | ändere um | I change |
| du | änderst um | you change |
| er/sie/es | ändert um | he/she/it changes |
| wir | ändern um | we change |
| ihr | ändert um | you (pl.) change |
| sie/Sie | ändern um | they change |
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 | änderte um | I changed |
| du | ändertest um | you changed |
| er/sie/es | änderte um | he/she/it changed |
| wir | änderten um | we changed |
| ihr | ändertet um | you (pl.) changed |
| sie/Sie | änderten um | they changed |
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 umgeändert | I have changed |
| du | hast umgeändert | you have changed |
| er/sie/es | hat umgeändert | he/she/it has changed |
| wir | haben umgeändert | we have changed |
| ihr | habt umgeändert | you (pl.) have changed |
| sie/Sie | haben umgeändert | they have changed |
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 umgeändert | I had changed |
| du | hattest umgeändert | you had changed |
| er/sie/es | hatte umgeändert | he/she/it had changed |
| wir | hatten umgeändert | we had changed |
| ihr | hattet umgeändert | you (pl.) had changed |
| sie/Sie | hatten umgeändert | they had changed |
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 umändern | I will change |
| du | wirst umändern | you will change |
| er/sie/es | wird umändern | he/she/it will change |
| wir | werden umändern | we will change |
| ihr | werdet umändern | you (pl.) will change |
| sie/Sie | werden umändern | they will change |
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 umgeändert haben | I will have changed |
| du | wirst umgeändert haben | you will have changed |
| er/sie/es | wird umgeändert haben | he/she/it will have changed |
| wir | werden umgeändert haben | we will have changed |
| ihr | werdet umgeändert haben | you (pl.) will have changed |
| sie/Sie | werden umgeändert haben | they will have changed |
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 | änderte um |
| du | ändertest um |
| er/sie/es | änderte um |
| wir | änderten um |
| ihr | ändertet um |
| sie/Sie | änderten um |
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 | ändere um |
| ihr | ändert um |