walten — German conjugation
to reign, to govern
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 | walte | I reign |
| du | waltest | you reign |
| er/sie/es | waltet | he/she/it reigns |
| wir | walten | we reign |
| ihr | waltet | you (pl.) reign |
| sie/Sie | walten | they reign |
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 | waltete | I reigned |
| du | waltetest | you reigned |
| er/sie/es | waltete | he/she/it reigned |
| wir | walteten | we reigned |
| ihr | waltetet | you (pl.) reigned |
| sie/Sie | walteten | they reigned |
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 gewaltet | I have reigned |
| du | hast gewaltet | you have reigned |
| er/sie/es | hat gewaltet | he/she/it has reigned |
| wir | haben gewaltet | we have reigned |
| ihr | habt gewaltet | you (pl.) have reigned |
| sie/Sie | haben gewaltet | they have reigned |
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 gewaltet | I had reigned |
| du | hattest gewaltet | you had reigned |
| er/sie/es | hatte gewaltet | he/she/it had reigned |
| wir | hatten gewaltet | we had reigned |
| ihr | hattet gewaltet | you (pl.) had reigned |
| sie/Sie | hatten gewaltet | they had reigned |
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 walten | I will reign |
| du | wirst walten | you will reign |
| er/sie/es | wird walten | he/she/it will reign |
| wir | werden walten | we will reign |
| ihr | werdet walten | you (pl.) will reign |
| sie/Sie | werden walten | they will reign |
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 gewaltet haben | I will have reigned |
| du | wirst gewaltet haben | you will have reigned |
| er/sie/es | wird gewaltet haben | he/she/it will have reigned |
| wir | werden gewaltet haben | we will have reigned |
| ihr | werdet gewaltet haben | you (pl.) will have reigned |
| sie/Sie | werden gewaltet haben | they will have reigned |
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 | waltete |
| du | waltetest |
| er/sie/es | waltete |
| wir | walteten |
| ihr | waltetet |
| sie/Sie | walteten |
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 | walte |
| ihr | waltet |