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GERMAN VERB

ändern

to change

  • #317 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: geändert

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I change
  2. du you change
  3. er, sie, es he/she changes
  4. wir we change
  5. ihr you all change
  6. sie, Sie they change

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I changed
  2. du you changed
  3. er, sie, es he/she changed
  4. wir we changed
  5. ihr you all changed
  6. sie, Sie they changed

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have changed
  2. du you have changed
  3. er, sie, es he/she has changed
  4. wir we have changed
  5. ihr you all have changed
  6. sie, Sie they have changed

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will change
  2. du you will change
  3. er, sie, es he/she will change
  4. wir we will change
  5. ihr you all will change
  6. sie, Sie they will change

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would change
  2. du you would change
  3. er, sie, es he/she would change
  4. wir we would change
  5. ihr you all would change
  6. sie, Sie they would change

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du change!
  2. ihr change! (all of you)
  3. Sie change! (formal)

How to use ändern

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ich ändere schnell meine Adresse im Konto.

    I'll quickly change my address in the account.

  2. Simple past

    Er änderte den Termin dreimal.

    He changed the appointment three times.

  3. Perfect

    Wir haben unsere Pläne geändert.

    We've changed our plans.

  4. Future

    Das wird sich nie ändern.

    That will never change.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde den Titel noch ändern.

    I would still change the title.

  6. Imperative

    Ändere bitte noch heute das Passwort.

    Please change the password today.

Good to know

  • Ändern is for a plan, a time or a detail; verändern is a deeper change, of a person or a place.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.