umfahren — German conjugation
to drive around
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | umfahre | I drive around |
| du | umfährst | you drive around |
| er/sie/es | umfährt | he/she/it drives around |
| wir | umfahren | we drive around |
| ihr | umfahrt | you (pl.) drive around |
| sie/Sie | umfahren | they drive around |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | umfuhr | I drove around |
| du | umfuhrst | you drove around |
| er/sie/es | umfuhr | he/she/it drove around |
| wir | umfuhren | we drove around |
| ihr | umfuhrt | you (pl.) drove around |
| sie/Sie | umfuhren | they drove around |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 umfahren | I have driven around |
| du | hast umfahren | you have driven around |
| er/sie/es | hat umfahren | he/she/it has driven around |
| wir | haben umfahren | we have driven around |
| ihr | habt umfahren | you (pl.) have driven around |
| sie/Sie | haben umfahren | they have driven around |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 umfahren | I had driven around |
| du | hattest umfahren | you had driven around |
| er/sie/es | hatte umfahren | he/she/it had driven around |
| wir | hatten umfahren | we had driven around |
| ihr | hattet umfahren | you (pl.) had driven around |
| sie/Sie | hatten umfahren | they had driven around |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 umfahren | I will drive around |
| du | wirst umfahren | you will drive around |
| er/sie/es | wird umfahren | he/she/it will drive around |
| wir | werden umfahren | we will drive around |
| ihr | werdet umfahren | you (pl.) will drive around |
| sie/Sie | werden umfahren | they will drive around |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 umfahren haben | I will have driven around |
| du | wirst umfahren haben | you will have driven around |
| er/sie/es | wird umfahren haben | he/she/it will have driven around |
| wir | werden umfahren haben | we will have driven around |
| ihr | werdet umfahren haben | you (pl.) will have driven around |
| sie/Sie | werden umfahren haben | they will have driven around |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | umführe |
| du | umführest |
| er/sie/es | umführe |
| wir | umführen |
| ihr | umführet |
| sie/Sie | umführen |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | umfahre |
| ihr | umfahrt |