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GERMAN VERB

verändern

to change

  • #316 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: verändert

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 verändern

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

  1. Present

    Die Stadt verändert sich sehr schnell.

    The city is changing very fast.

  2. Simple past

    Der Umzug veränderte unser Leben.

    The move changed our lives.

  3. Perfect

    Du hast dich kaum verändert!

    You've hardly changed!

  4. Future

    Das neue Baby wird alles verändern.

    The new baby will change everything.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde an dem Zimmer nichts verändern.

    I wouldn't change anything about the room.

  6. Imperative

    Verändere dich nicht für andere.

    Don't change yourself for others.

Good to know

  • Verändern is to make something different; sich verändern is to change oneself: du hast dich verändert.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.