verwunden — German conjugation
to wound (hurt by piercing the skin, especially with a weapon)
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 | verwunde | I wound |
| du | verwundest | you wound |
| er/sie/es | verwundet | he/she/it wounds |
| wir | verwunden | we wound |
| ihr | verwundet | you (pl.) wound |
| sie/Sie | verwunden | they wound |
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 | verwundete | I wounded |
| du | verwundetest | you wounded |
| er/sie/es | verwundete | he/she/it wounded |
| wir | verwundeten | we wounded |
| ihr | verwundetet | you (pl.) wounded |
| sie/Sie | verwundeten | they wounded |
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 verwundet | I have wounded |
| du | hast verwundet | you have wounded |
| er/sie/es | hat verwundet | he/she/it has wounded |
| wir | haben verwundet | we have wounded |
| ihr | habt verwundet | you (pl.) have wounded |
| sie/Sie | haben verwundet | they have wounded |
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 verwundet | I had wounded |
| du | hattest verwundet | you had wounded |
| er/sie/es | hatte verwundet | he/she/it had wounded |
| wir | hatten verwundet | we had wounded |
| ihr | hattet verwundet | you (pl.) had wounded |
| sie/Sie | hatten verwundet | they had wounded |
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 verwunden | I will wound |
| du | wirst verwunden | you will wound |
| er/sie/es | wird verwunden | he/she/it will wound |
| wir | werden verwunden | we will wound |
| ihr | werdet verwunden | you (pl.) will wound |
| sie/Sie | werden verwunden | they will wound |
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 verwundet haben | I will have wounded |
| du | wirst verwundet haben | you will have wounded |
| er/sie/es | wird verwundet haben | he/she/it will have wounded |
| wir | werden verwundet haben | we will have wounded |
| ihr | werdet verwundet haben | you (pl.) will have wounded |
| sie/Sie | werden verwundet haben | they will have wounded |
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 | verwundete |
| du | verwundetest |
| er/sie/es | verwundete |
| wir | verwundeten |
| ihr | verwundetet |
| sie/Sie | verwundeten |
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 | verwunde |
| ihr | verwundet |