wandeln — German conjugation
to change, to walk
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 | wandele | I change |
| du | wandelst | you change |
| er/sie/es | wandelt | he/she/it changes |
| wir | wandeln | we change |
| ihr | wandelt | you (pl.) change |
| sie/Sie | wandeln | they change |
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 | wandelte | I changed |
| du | wandeltest | you changed |
| er/sie/es | wandelte | he/she/it changed |
| wir | wandelten | we changed |
| ihr | wandeltet | you (pl.) changed |
| sie/Sie | wandelten | they changed |
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 | bin gewandelt | I have changed |
| du | bist gewandelt | you have changed |
| er/sie/es | ist gewandelt | he/she/it has changed |
| wir | sind gewandelt | we have changed |
| ihr | seid gewandelt | you (pl.) have changed |
| sie/Sie | sind gewandelt | they have changed |
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 | war gewandelt | I had changed |
| du | warst gewandelt | you had changed |
| er/sie/es | war gewandelt | he/she/it had changed |
| wir | waren gewandelt | we had changed |
| ihr | wart gewandelt | you (pl.) had changed |
| sie/Sie | waren gewandelt | they had changed |
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 wandeln | I will change |
| du | wirst wandeln | you will change |
| er/sie/es | wird wandeln | he/she/it will change |
| wir | werden wandeln | we will change |
| ihr | werdet wandeln | you (pl.) will change |
| sie/Sie | werden wandeln | they will change |
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 gewandelt sein | I will have changed |
| du | wirst gewandelt sein | you will have changed |
| er/sie/es | wird gewandelt sein | he/she/it will have changed |
| wir | werden gewandelt sein | we will have changed |
| ihr | werdet gewandelt sein | you (pl.) will have changed |
| sie/Sie | werden gewandelt sein | they will have changed |
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 | wandelte |
| du | wandeltest |
| er/sie/es | wandelte |
| wir | wandelten |
| ihr | wandeltet |
| sie/Sie | wandelten |
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 | wandele |
| ihr | wandelt |