umwandeln — German conjugation
to convert
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 | wandele um | I convert |
| du | wandelst um | you convert |
| er/sie/es | wandelt um | he/she/it converts |
| wir | wandeln um | we convert |
| ihr | wandelt um | you (pl.) convert |
| sie/Sie | wandeln um | they convert |
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 | wandelte um | I converted |
| du | wandeltest um | you converted |
| er/sie/es | wandelte um | he/she/it converted |
| wir | wandelten um | we converted |
| ihr | wandeltet um | you (pl.) converted |
| sie/Sie | wandelten um | they converted |
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 umgewandelt | I have converted |
| du | hast umgewandelt | you have converted |
| er/sie/es | hat umgewandelt | he/she/it has converted |
| wir | haben umgewandelt | we have converted |
| ihr | habt umgewandelt | you (pl.) have converted |
| sie/Sie | haben umgewandelt | they have converted |
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 umgewandelt | I had converted |
| du | hattest umgewandelt | you had converted |
| er/sie/es | hatte umgewandelt | he/she/it had converted |
| wir | hatten umgewandelt | we had converted |
| ihr | hattet umgewandelt | you (pl.) had converted |
| sie/Sie | hatten umgewandelt | they had converted |
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 umwandeln | I will convert |
| du | wirst umwandeln | you will convert |
| er/sie/es | wird umwandeln | he/she/it will convert |
| wir | werden umwandeln | we will convert |
| ihr | werdet umwandeln | you (pl.) will convert |
| sie/Sie | werden umwandeln | they will convert |
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 umgewandelt haben | I will have converted |
| du | wirst umgewandelt haben | you will have converted |
| er/sie/es | wird umgewandelt haben | he/she/it will have converted |
| wir | werden umgewandelt haben | we will have converted |
| ihr | werdet umgewandelt haben | you (pl.) will have converted |
| sie/Sie | werden umgewandelt haben | they will have converted |
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 | wandelte um |
| du | wandeltest um |
| er/sie/es | wandelte um |
| wir | wandelten um |
| ihr | wandeltet um |
| sie/Sie | wandelten 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 | wandele um |
| ihr | wandelt um |