German reference

schalten

to switch; to shift gears

Regular · 13 form tables

Includes indicative, subjunctive I and II, and imperative forms. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.

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Indicative

schalten: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I switch
du	you switch
er/sie/es	he/she/it switches
wir	we switch
ihr	you (plural) switch
sie/Sie	they switch; you (formal) switch

schalten: Simple past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I switched
du	you switched
er/sie/es	he/she/it switched
wir	we switched
ihr	you (plural) switched
sie/Sie	they switched; you (formal) switched

schalten: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I switched; I have switched
du	you switched; you have switched
er/sie/es	he/she/it switched; he/she/it has switched
wir	we switched; we have switched
ihr	you (plural) switched; you (plural) have switched
sie/Sie	they switched; they have switched; you (formal) switched; you (formal) have switched

schalten: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I had switched
du	you had switched
er/sie/es	he/she/it had switched
wir	we had switched
ihr	you (plural) had switched
sie/Sie	they had switched; you (formal) had switched

schalten: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I will switch
du	you will switch
er/sie/es	he/she/it will switch
wir	we will switch
ihr	you (plural) will switch
sie/Sie	they will switch; you (formal) will switch

schalten: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I will have switched
du	you will have switched
er/sie/es	he/she/it will have switched
wir	we will have switched
ihr	you (plural) will have switched
sie/Sie	they will have switched; you (formal) will have switched

schalten: Subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(that) I switch
du	(that) you switch
er/sie/es	(that) he/she/it switches
wir	(that) we switch
ihr	(that) you (plural) switch
sie/Sie	(that) they switch; (that) you (formal) switch

schalten: Subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would switch
du	you would switch
er/sie/es	he/she/it would switch
wir	we would switch
ihr	you (plural) would switch
sie/Sie	they would switch; you (formal) would switch

schalten: Past subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would have switched
du	you would have switched
er/sie/es	he/she/it would have switched
wir	we would have switched
ihr	you (plural) would have switched
sie/Sie	they would have switched; you (formal) would have switched

schalten: Would form
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would switch
du	you would switch
er/sie/es	he/she/it would switch
wir	we would switch
ihr	you (plural) would switch
sie/Sie	they would switch; you (formal) would switch

schalten: Past subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(reportedly) I have switched
du	(reportedly) you have switched
er/sie/es	(reportedly) he/she/it has switched
wir	(reportedly) we have switched
ihr	(reportedly) you (plural) have switched
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they have switched; (reportedly) you (formal) have switched

schalten: Future subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(reportedly) I will switch
du	(reportedly) you will switch
er/sie/es	(reportedly) he/she/it will switch
wir	(reportedly) we will switch
ihr	(reportedly) you (plural) will switch
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they will switch; (reportedly) you (formal) will switch

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