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GERMAN VERB

wenden

to turn; sich wenden an, to turn to

  • #499 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gewendet

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use wenden

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

  1. Present

    Bei Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an die Rezeption.

    For questions, please turn to reception.

  2. Simple past

    Der Bus wendete am Ende der Straße.

    The bus turned round at the end of the street.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe das Schnitzel zu früh gewendet.

    I turned the schnitzel too early.

  4. Future

    Wir werden uns an einen Anwalt wenden.

    We'll turn to a lawyer.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde mich an die Nachbarn wenden.

    I'd turn to the neighbours.

  6. Imperative

    Wende hier, die Straße ist gesperrt!

    Turn round here, the road is closed!

Good to know

  • Sich wenden an is to turn to someone for help; in that sense the past is usually wandte, gewandt. A car wendet, turns round, with wendete.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.