umziehen — German conjugation
to move (residence)
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 | ziehe um | I move |
| du | ziehst um | you move |
| er/sie/es | zieht um | he/she/it moves |
| wir | ziehen um | we move |
| ihr | zieht um | you (pl.) move |
| sie/Sie | ziehen um | they move |
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 | zog um | I moved |
| du | zogst um | you moved |
| er/sie/es | zog um | he/she/it moved |
| wir | zogen um | we moved |
| ihr | zogt um | you (pl.) moved |
| sie/Sie | zogen um | they moved |
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 umgezogen | I have moved |
| du | bist umgezogen | you have moved |
| er/sie/es | ist umgezogen | he/she/it has moved |
| wir | sind umgezogen | we have moved |
| ihr | seid umgezogen | you (pl.) have moved |
| sie/Sie | sind umgezogen | they have moved |
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 umgezogen | I had moved |
| du | warst umgezogen | you had moved |
| er/sie/es | war umgezogen | he/she/it had moved |
| wir | waren umgezogen | we had moved |
| ihr | wart umgezogen | you (pl.) had moved |
| sie/Sie | waren umgezogen | they had moved |
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 umziehen | I will move |
| du | wirst umziehen | you will move |
| er/sie/es | wird umziehen | he/she/it will move |
| wir | werden umziehen | we will move |
| ihr | werdet umziehen | you (pl.) will move |
| sie/Sie | werden umziehen | they will move |
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 umgezogen sein | I will have moved |
| du | wirst umgezogen sein | you will have moved |
| er/sie/es | wird umgezogen sein | he/she/it will have moved |
| wir | werden umgezogen sein | we will have moved |
| ihr | werdet umgezogen sein | you (pl.) will have moved |
| sie/Sie | werden umgezogen sein | they will have moved |
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 | zöge um |
| du | zögest um |
| er/sie/es | zöge um |
| wir | zögen um |
| ihr | zöget um |
| sie/Sie | zögen 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 | ziehe um |
| ihr | zieht um |