wandern — German conjugation
to hike, to go trekking
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 | wandere | I hike |
| du | wanderst | you hike |
| er/sie/es | wandert | he/she/it hikes |
| wir | wandern | we hike |
| ihr | wandert | you (pl.) hike |
| sie/Sie | wandern | they hike |
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 | wanderte | I hiked |
| du | wandertest | you hiked |
| er/sie/es | wanderte | he/she/it hiked |
| wir | wanderten | we hiked |
| ihr | wandertet | you (pl.) hiked |
| sie/Sie | wanderten | they hiked |
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 gewandert | I have hiked |
| du | bist gewandert | you have hiked |
| er/sie/es | ist gewandert | he/she/it has hiked |
| wir | sind gewandert | we have hiked |
| ihr | seid gewandert | you (pl.) have hiked |
| sie/Sie | sind gewandert | they have hiked |
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 gewandert | I had hiked |
| du | warst gewandert | you had hiked |
| er/sie/es | war gewandert | he/she/it had hiked |
| wir | waren gewandert | we had hiked |
| ihr | wart gewandert | you (pl.) had hiked |
| sie/Sie | waren gewandert | they had hiked |
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 wandern | I will hike |
| du | wirst wandern | you will hike |
| er/sie/es | wird wandern | he/she/it will hike |
| wir | werden wandern | we will hike |
| ihr | werdet wandern | you (pl.) will hike |
| sie/Sie | werden wandern | they will hike |
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 gewandert sein | I will have hiked |
| du | wirst gewandert sein | you will have hiked |
| er/sie/es | wird gewandert sein | he/she/it will have hiked |
| wir | werden gewandert sein | we will have hiked |
| ihr | werdet gewandert sein | you (pl.) will have hiked |
| sie/Sie | werden gewandert sein | they will have hiked |
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 | wanderte |
| du | wandertest |
| er/sie/es | wanderte |
| wir | wanderten |
| ihr | wandertet |
| sie/Sie | wanderten |
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 | wandere |
| ihr | wandert |