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GERMAN VERB

umsteigen

to change trains

  • #375 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: umgestiegen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use umsteigen

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

  1. Present

    Sie steigen am Alexanderplatz in die U2 um.

    You change to the U2 at Alexanderplatz.

  2. Simple past

    Wir stiegen in Frankfurt um.

    We changed trains in Frankfurt.

  3. Perfect

    Ich bin zweimal umgestiegen und trotzdem pünktlich.

    I changed twice and still arrived on time.

  4. Future

    Du wirst in Hannover umsteigen müssen.

    You'll have to change in Hanover.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde lieber nicht so oft umsteigen.

    I'd rather not change so often.

  6. Imperative

    Steig in Köln um, das geht schneller.

    Change in Cologne, that's faster.

Good to know

  • Umsteigen in says the new line: in die U2 umsteigen, to change to the U2.

Where you hear umsteigen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Beginner Level 1

  • Wo muss ich umsteigen? Where do I have to change?
  • Ich bin am Alexanderplatz umgestiegen. I changed at Alexanderplatz.
  • Morgen steige ich am Alexanderplatz um. Tomorrow I'll change at Alexanderplatz.

German · Beginner Level 3

  • Wo muss ich umsteigen? Where do I have to change?
  • Ich bin am Alexanderplatz umgestiegen. I changed at Alexanderplatz.
  • Morgen steige ich am Alexanderplatz um. Tomorrow I'll change at Alexanderplatz.
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At the Station

Beginner Level 3 · Danke. Muss ich umsteigen?

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