winden — German conjugation
to wind
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | winde | I wind |
| du | windest | you wind |
| er/sie/es | windet | he/she/it winds |
| wir | winden | we wind |
| ihr | windet | you (pl.) wind |
| sie/Sie | winden | they wind |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | wand | I wound |
| du | wandest | you wound |
| er/sie/es | wand | he/she/it wound |
| wir | wanden | we wound |
| ihr | wandet | you (pl.) wound |
| sie/Sie | wanden | they wound |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 gewunden | I have wound |
| du | hast gewunden | you have wound |
| er/sie/es | hat gewunden | he/she/it has wound |
| wir | haben gewunden | we have wound |
| ihr | habt gewunden | you (pl.) have wound |
| sie/Sie | haben gewunden | they have wound |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 gewunden | I had wound |
| du | hattest gewunden | you had wound |
| er/sie/es | hatte gewunden | he/she/it had wound |
| wir | hatten gewunden | we had wound |
| ihr | hattet gewunden | you (pl.) had wound |
| sie/Sie | hatten gewunden | they had wound |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 winden | I will wind |
| du | wirst winden | you will wind |
| er/sie/es | wird winden | he/she/it will wind |
| wir | werden winden | we will wind |
| ihr | werdet winden | you (pl.) will wind |
| sie/Sie | werden winden | they will wind |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 gewunden haben | I will have wound |
| du | wirst gewunden haben | you will have wound |
| er/sie/es | wird gewunden haben | he/she/it will have wound |
| wir | werden gewunden haben | we will have wound |
| ihr | werdet gewunden haben | you (pl.) will have wound |
| sie/Sie | werden gewunden haben | they will have wound |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | wände |
| du | wändest |
| er/sie/es | wände |
| wir | wänden |
| ihr | wändet |
| sie/Sie | wänden |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | winde |
| ihr | windet |