umkippen — German conjugation
to tip over
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 | kippe um | I tip over |
| du | kippst um | you tip over |
| er/sie/es | kippt um | he/she/it tips over |
| wir | kippen um | we tip over |
| ihr | kippt um | you (pl.) tip over |
| sie/Sie | kippen um | they tip over |
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 | kippte um | I tipped over |
| du | kipptest um | you tipped over |
| er/sie/es | kippte um | he/she/it tipped over |
| wir | kippten um | we tipped over |
| ihr | kipptet um | you (pl.) tipped over |
| sie/Sie | kippten um | they tipped over |
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 | bin umgekippt | I have tipped over |
| du | bist umgekippt | you have tipped over |
| er/sie/es | ist umgekippt | he/she/it has tipped over |
| wir | sind umgekippt | we have tipped over |
| ihr | seid umgekippt | you (pl.) have tipped over |
| sie/Sie | sind umgekippt | they have tipped over |
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 | war umgekippt | I had tipped over |
| du | warst umgekippt | you had tipped over |
| er/sie/es | war umgekippt | he/she/it had tipped over |
| wir | waren umgekippt | we had tipped over |
| ihr | wart umgekippt | you (pl.) had tipped over |
| sie/Sie | waren umgekippt | they had tipped over |
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 umkippen | I will tip over |
| du | wirst umkippen | you will tip over |
| er/sie/es | wird umkippen | he/she/it will tip over |
| wir | werden umkippen | we will tip over |
| ihr | werdet umkippen | you (pl.) will tip over |
| sie/Sie | werden umkippen | they will tip over |
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 umgekippt sein | I will have tipped over |
| du | wirst umgekippt sein | you will have tipped over |
| er/sie/es | wird umgekippt sein | he/she/it will have tipped over |
| wir | werden umgekippt sein | we will have tipped over |
| ihr | werdet umgekippt sein | you (pl.) will have tipped over |
| sie/Sie | werden umgekippt sein | they will have tipped over |
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 | kippte um |
| du | kipptest um |
| er/sie/es | kippte um |
| wir | kippten um |
| ihr | kipptet um |
| sie/Sie | kippten 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 | kippe um |
| ihr | kippt um |