umschnallen — German conjugation

to buckle

Frequency#1828Regular

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	schnalle um	I buckle
du	schnallst um	you buckle
er/sie/es	schnallt um	he/she/it buckles
wir	schnallen um	we buckle
ihr	schnallt um	you (pl.) buckle
sie/Sie	schnallen um	they buckle

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	schnallte um	I buckled
du	schnalltest um	you buckled
er/sie/es	schnallte um	he/she/it buckled
wir	schnallten um	we buckled
ihr	schnalltet um	you (pl.) buckled
sie/Sie	schnallten um	they buckled

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 umgeschnallt	I have buckled
du	hast umgeschnallt	you have buckled
er/sie/es	hat umgeschnallt	he/she/it has buckled
wir	haben umgeschnallt	we have buckled
ihr	habt umgeschnallt	you (pl.) have buckled
sie/Sie	haben umgeschnallt	they have buckled

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 umgeschnallt	I had buckled
du	hattest umgeschnallt	you had buckled
er/sie/es	hatte umgeschnallt	he/she/it had buckled
wir	hatten umgeschnallt	we had buckled
ihr	hattet umgeschnallt	you (pl.) had buckled
sie/Sie	hatten umgeschnallt	they had buckled

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 umschnallen	I will buckle
du	wirst umschnallen	you will buckle
er/sie/es	wird umschnallen	he/she/it will buckle
wir	werden umschnallen	we will buckle
ihr	werdet umschnallen	you (pl.) will buckle
sie/Sie	werden umschnallen	they will buckle

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 umgeschnallt haben	I will have buckled
du	wirst umgeschnallt haben	you will have buckled
er/sie/es	wird umgeschnallt haben	he/she/it will have buckled
wir	werden umgeschnallt haben	we will have buckled
ihr	werdet umgeschnallt haben	you (pl.) will have buckled
sie/Sie	werden umgeschnallt haben	they will have buckled

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	schnallte um
du	schnalltest um
er/sie/es	schnallte um
wir	schnallten um
ihr	schnalltet um
sie/Sie	schnallten 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	schnalle um
ihr	schnallt um