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GERMAN VERB

umgehen

to deal with, to handle

  • #449 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: umgegangen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use umgehen

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

  1. Present

    Sie geht sehr geduldig mit den Kindern um.

    She deals with the children very patiently.

  2. Simple past

    Er ging immer sorgfältig mit seinem Werkzeug um.

    He always handled his tools with care.

  3. Perfect

    Wie bist du mit der Kritik umgegangen?

    How did you deal with the criticism?

  4. Future

    Wir werden offen mit dem Problem umgehen.

    We will deal with the problem openly.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde anders mit dem Thema umgehen.

    I would handle the subject differently.

  6. Imperative

    Geh bitte vorsichtig mit der Kamera um.

    Please handle the camera carefully.

Good to know

  • Mit etwas umgehen is to handle it, mit jemandem umgehen is to treat someone: geh vorsichtig damit um.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.