wallen — German conjugation
to surge, to swell
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 | walle | I surge |
| du | wallst | you surge |
| er/sie/es | wallt | he/she/it surges |
| wir | wallen | we surge |
| ihr | wallt | you (pl.) surge |
| sie/Sie | wallen | they surge |
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 | wallte | I surged |
| du | walltest | you surged |
| er/sie/es | wallte | he/she/it surged |
| wir | wallten | we surged |
| ihr | walltet | you (pl.) surged |
| sie/Sie | wallten | they surged |
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 gewallt | I have surged |
| du | hast gewallt | you have surged |
| er/sie/es | hat gewallt | he/she/it has surged |
| wir | haben gewallt | we have surged |
| ihr | habt gewallt | you (pl.) have surged |
| sie/Sie | haben gewallt | they have surged |
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 gewallt | I had surged |
| du | hattest gewallt | you had surged |
| er/sie/es | hatte gewallt | he/she/it had surged |
| wir | hatten gewallt | we had surged |
| ihr | hattet gewallt | you (pl.) had surged |
| sie/Sie | hatten gewallt | they had surged |
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 wallen | I will surge |
| du | wirst wallen | you will surge |
| er/sie/es | wird wallen | he/she/it will surge |
| wir | werden wallen | we will surge |
| ihr | werdet wallen | you (pl.) will surge |
| sie/Sie | werden wallen | they will surge |
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 gewallt haben | I will have surged |
| du | wirst gewallt haben | you will have surged |
| er/sie/es | wird gewallt haben | he/she/it will have surged |
| wir | werden gewallt haben | we will have surged |
| ihr | werdet gewallt haben | you (pl.) will have surged |
| sie/Sie | werden gewallt haben | they will have surged |
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 | wallte |
| du | walltest |
| er/sie/es | wallte |
| wir | wallten |
| ihr | walltet |
| sie/Sie | wallten |
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 | walle |
| ihr | wallt |