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GERMAN VERB

umtauschen

to exchange, in a shop

  • #320 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: umgetauscht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use umtauschen

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

  1. Present

    Ich tausche die Hose morgen um.

    I'm exchanging the trousers tomorrow.

  2. Simple past

    Sie tauschte die Schuhe gegen eine größere Nummer um.

    She exchanged the shoes for a bigger size.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du den Pullover umgetauscht?

    Did you exchange the sweater?

  4. Future

    Ich werde das Geschenk umtauschen müssen.

    I'll have to exchange the gift.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde die Jacke umtauschen, sie ist zu eng.

    I would exchange the jacket, it's too tight.

  6. Imperative

    Tausch es um, der Bon ist in der Tüte.

    Exchange it, the receipt is in the bag.

Good to know

  • You exchange goods in a shop with umtauschen; to return them for your money, say zurückgeben.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.