umdrehen — German conjugation
to turn around
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 | drehe um | I turn around |
| du | drehst um | you turn around |
| er/sie/es | dreht um | he/she/it turns around |
| wir | drehen um | we turn around |
| ihr | dreht um | you (pl.) turn around |
| sie/Sie | drehen um | they turn around |
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 | drehte um | I turned around |
| du | drehtest um | you turned around |
| er/sie/es | drehte um | he/she/it turned around |
| wir | drehten um | we turned around |
| ihr | drehtet um | you (pl.) turned around |
| sie/Sie | drehten um | they turned around |
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 umgedreht | I have turned around |
| du | hast umgedreht | you have turned around |
| er/sie/es | hat umgedreht | he/she/it has turned around |
| wir | haben umgedreht | we have turned around |
| ihr | habt umgedreht | you (pl.) have turned around |
| sie/Sie | haben umgedreht | they have turned around |
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 umgedreht | I had turned around |
| du | hattest umgedreht | you had turned around |
| er/sie/es | hatte umgedreht | he/she/it had turned around |
| wir | hatten umgedreht | we had turned around |
| ihr | hattet umgedreht | you (pl.) had turned around |
| sie/Sie | hatten umgedreht | they had turned around |
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 umdrehen | I will turn around |
| du | wirst umdrehen | you will turn around |
| er/sie/es | wird umdrehen | he/she/it will turn around |
| wir | werden umdrehen | we will turn around |
| ihr | werdet umdrehen | you (pl.) will turn around |
| sie/Sie | werden umdrehen | they will turn around |
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 umgedreht haben | I will have turned around |
| du | wirst umgedreht haben | you will have turned around |
| er/sie/es | wird umgedreht haben | he/she/it will have turned around |
| wir | werden umgedreht haben | we will have turned around |
| ihr | werdet umgedreht haben | you (pl.) will have turned around |
| sie/Sie | werden umgedreht haben | they will have turned around |
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 | drehte um |
| du | drehtest um |
| er/sie/es | drehte um |
| wir | drehten um |
| ihr | drehtet um |
| sie/Sie | drehten 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 | drehe um |
| ihr | dreht um |