umgehen — German conjugation
to bypass
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 | gehe um | I bypass |
| du | gehst um | you bypass |
| er/sie/es | geht um | he/she/it bypasses |
| wir | gehen um | we bypass |
| ihr | geht um | you (pl.) bypass |
| sie/Sie | gehen um | they bypass |
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 | ging um | I bypassed |
| du | gingst um | you bypassed |
| er/sie/es | ging um | he/she/it bypassed |
| wir | gingen um | we bypassed |
| ihr | gingt um | you (pl.) bypassed |
| sie/Sie | gingen um | they bypassed |
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 | bin umgegangen | I have bypassed |
| du | bist umgegangen | you have bypassed |
| er/sie/es | ist umgegangen | he/she/it has bypassed |
| wir | sind umgegangen | we have bypassed |
| ihr | seid umgegangen | you (pl.) have bypassed |
| sie/Sie | sind umgegangen | they have bypassed |
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 | war umgegangen | I had bypassed |
| du | warst umgegangen | you had bypassed |
| er/sie/es | war umgegangen | he/she/it had bypassed |
| wir | waren umgegangen | we had bypassed |
| ihr | wart umgegangen | you (pl.) had bypassed |
| sie/Sie | waren umgegangen | they had bypassed |
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 umgehen | I will bypass |
| du | wirst umgehen | you will bypass |
| er/sie/es | wird umgehen | he/she/it will bypass |
| wir | werden umgehen | we will bypass |
| ihr | werdet umgehen | you (pl.) will bypass |
| sie/Sie | werden umgehen | they will bypass |
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 umgegangen sein | I will have bypassed |
| du | wirst umgegangen sein | you will have bypassed |
| er/sie/es | wird umgegangen sein | he/she/it will have bypassed |
| wir | werden umgegangen sein | we will have bypassed |
| ihr | werdet umgegangen sein | you (pl.) will have bypassed |
| sie/Sie | werden umgegangen sein | they will have bypassed |
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 | ginge um |
| du | gingest um |
| er/sie/es | ginge um |
| wir | gingen um |
| ihr | ginget um |
| sie/Sie | gingen um |
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 | geh um |
| ihr | geht um |