verwandeln — German conjugation
to transform
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 | verwandele | I transform |
| du | verwandelst | you transform |
| er/sie/es | verwandelt | he/she/it transforms |
| wir | verwandeln | we transform |
| ihr | verwandelt | you (pl.) transform |
| sie/Sie | verwandeln | they transform |
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 | verwandelte | I transformed |
| du | verwandeltest | you transformed |
| er/sie/es | verwandelte | he/she/it transformed |
| wir | verwandelten | we transformed |
| ihr | verwandeltet | you (pl.) transformed |
| sie/Sie | verwandelten | they transformed |
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 verwandelt | I have transformed |
| du | hast verwandelt | you have transformed |
| er/sie/es | hat verwandelt | he/she/it has transformed |
| wir | haben verwandelt | we have transformed |
| ihr | habt verwandelt | you (pl.) have transformed |
| sie/Sie | haben verwandelt | they have transformed |
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 verwandelt | I had transformed |
| du | hattest verwandelt | you had transformed |
| er/sie/es | hatte verwandelt | he/she/it had transformed |
| wir | hatten verwandelt | we had transformed |
| ihr | hattet verwandelt | you (pl.) had transformed |
| sie/Sie | hatten verwandelt | they had transformed |
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 verwandeln | I will transform |
| du | wirst verwandeln | you will transform |
| er/sie/es | wird verwandeln | he/she/it will transform |
| wir | werden verwandeln | we will transform |
| ihr | werdet verwandeln | you (pl.) will transform |
| sie/Sie | werden verwandeln | they will transform |
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 verwandelt haben | I will have transformed |
| du | wirst verwandelt haben | you will have transformed |
| er/sie/es | wird verwandelt haben | he/she/it will have transformed |
| wir | werden verwandelt haben | we will have transformed |
| ihr | werdet verwandelt haben | you (pl.) will have transformed |
| sie/Sie | werden verwandelt haben | they will have transformed |
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 | verwandelte |
| du | verwandeltest |
| er/sie/es | verwandelte |
| wir | verwandelten |
| ihr | verwandeltet |
| sie/Sie | verwandelten |
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 | verwandele |
| ihr | verwandelt |