umarmen — German conjugation
to hug
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 | umarme | I hug |
| du | umarmst | you hug |
| er/sie/es | umarmt | he/she/it hugs |
| wir | umarmen | we hug |
| ihr | umarmt | you (pl.) hug |
| sie/Sie | umarmen | they hug |
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 | umarmte | I hugged |
| du | umarmtest | you hugged |
| er/sie/es | umarmte | he/she/it hugged |
| wir | umarmten | we hugged |
| ihr | umarmtet | you (pl.) hugged |
| sie/Sie | umarmten | they hugged |
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 umarmt | I have hugged |
| du | hast umarmt | you have hugged |
| er/sie/es | hat umarmt | he/she/it has hugged |
| wir | haben umarmt | we have hugged |
| ihr | habt umarmt | you (pl.) have hugged |
| sie/Sie | haben umarmt | they have hugged |
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 umarmt | I had hugged |
| du | hattest umarmt | you had hugged |
| er/sie/es | hatte umarmt | he/she/it had hugged |
| wir | hatten umarmt | we had hugged |
| ihr | hattet umarmt | you (pl.) had hugged |
| sie/Sie | hatten umarmt | they had hugged |
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 umarmen | I will hug |
| du | wirst umarmen | you will hug |
| er/sie/es | wird umarmen | he/she/it will hug |
| wir | werden umarmen | we will hug |
| ihr | werdet umarmen | you (pl.) will hug |
| sie/Sie | werden umarmen | they will hug |
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 umarmt haben | I will have hugged |
| du | wirst umarmt haben | you will have hugged |
| er/sie/es | wird umarmt haben | he/she/it will have hugged |
| wir | werden umarmt haben | we will have hugged |
| ihr | werdet umarmt haben | you (pl.) will have hugged |
| sie/Sie | werden umarmt haben | they will have hugged |
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 | umarmte |
| du | umarmtest |
| er/sie/es | umarmte |
| wir | umarmten |
| ihr | umarmtet |
| sie/Sie | umarmten |
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 | umarme |
| ihr | umarmt |