wälzen — German conjugation

to roll

Frequency#1436Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwälzeI roll
duwälztyou roll
er/sie/eswälzthe/she/it rolls
wirwälzenwe roll
ihrwälztyou (pl.) roll
sie/Siewälzenthey roll

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwälzteI rolled
duwälztestyou rolled
er/sie/eswälztehe/she/it rolled
wirwälztenwe rolled
ihrwälztetyou (pl.) rolled
sie/Siewälztenthey rolled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gewälztI have rolled
duhast gewälztyou have rolled
er/sie/eshat gewälzthe/she/it has rolled
wirhaben gewälztwe have rolled
ihrhabt gewälztyou (pl.) have rolled
sie/Siehaben gewälztthey have rolled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gewälztI had rolled
duhattest gewälztyou had rolled
er/sie/eshatte gewälzthe/she/it had rolled
wirhatten gewälztwe had rolled
ihrhattet gewälztyou (pl.) had rolled
sie/Siehatten gewälztthey had rolled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde wälzenI will roll
duwirst wälzenyou will roll
er/sie/eswird wälzenhe/she/it will roll
wirwerden wälzenwe will roll
ihrwerdet wälzenyou (pl.) will roll
sie/Siewerden wälzenthey will roll

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gewälzt habenI will have rolled
duwirst gewälzt habenyou will have rolled
er/sie/eswird gewälzt habenhe/she/it will have rolled
wirwerden gewälzt habenwe will have rolled
ihrwerdet gewälzt habenyou (pl.) will have rolled
sie/Siewerden gewälzt habenthey will have rolled

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?

PronounGerman
ichwälzte
duwälztest
er/sie/eswälzte
wirwälzten
ihrwälztet
sie/Siewälzten

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.

PronounGerman
duwälze
ihrwälzt