Conjunation

umkommen — German conjugation

to die

Frequency#2634Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichkomme umI die
dukommst umyou die
er/sie/eskommt umhe/she/it dies
wirkommen umwe die
ihrkommt umyou (pl.) die
sie/Siekommen umthey die

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichkam umI died
dukamst umyou died
er/sie/eskam umhe/she/it died
wirkamen umwe died
ihrkamt umyou (pl.) died
sie/Siekamen umthey died

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbin umgekommenI have died
dubist umgekommenyou have died
er/sie/esist umgekommenhe/she/it has died
wirsind umgekommenwe have died
ihrseid umgekommenyou (pl.) have died
sie/Siesind umgekommenthey have died

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwar umgekommenI had died
duwarst umgekommenyou had died
er/sie/eswar umgekommenhe/she/it had died
wirwaren umgekommenwe had died
ihrwart umgekommenyou (pl.) had died
sie/Siewaren umgekommenthey had died

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde umkommenI will die
duwirst umkommenyou will die
er/sie/eswird umkommenhe/she/it will die
wirwerden umkommenwe will die
ihrwerdet umkommenyou (pl.) will die
sie/Siewerden umkommenthey will die

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde umgekommen seinI will have died
duwirst umgekommen seinyou will have died
er/sie/eswird umgekommen seinhe/she/it will have died
wirwerden umgekommen seinwe will have died
ihrwerdet umgekommen seinyou (pl.) will have died
sie/Siewerden umgekommen seinthey will have died

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?

PronounGerman
ichkäme um
dukämest um
er/sie/eskäme um
wirkämen um
ihrkämet um
sie/Siekämen 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.

PronounGerman
dukomme um
ihrkommt um

Verbs near umkommen

stoßen · strahlen · tauchen · tauschen · trügen · verabschieden · verbrechen · verenden · verhöhnen · verklagen