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Conjugation of the German verb wenden

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb wenden, along with their English translations.

Infinitive		Scored
wenden	to turn around

Present		Scored
du wendest	you turn around
er wendet	he turns around
sie wendet	she turns around
ihr wendet	you turn around

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich wandte	I turned around
du wandtest	you turned around
er wandte	he turned around
sie wandte	she turned around
wir wandten	we turned around
ihr wandtet	you turned around
sie wandten	they turned around

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe gewendet	I turned around
du hast gewendet	you turned around
er hat gewendet	he turned around
es hat gewendet	she turned around
wir haben gewendet	we turned around
ihr habt gewendet	you turned around
sie haben gewendet	they turned around

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte gewandt	I had turned around
du hattest gewandt	you had turned around
er hatte gewandt	he had turned around
es hatte gewandt	she had turned around
wir hatten gewandt	we had turned around
ihr hattet gewandt	you had turned around
sie hatten gewandt	they had turned around

Future Perfect / Futur II The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.		Scored
ich werde gewandt haben	I will have turned around
du wirst gewandt haben	you will have turned around
er wird gewandt haben	he will have turned around
es wird gewandt haben	she will have turned around
wir werden gewandt haben	we will have turned around
ihr werdet gewandt haben	you will have turned around
sie werden gewandt haben	they will have turned around

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.		Scored
ich hätte gewandt	I would have turned around
du hättest gewandt	you would have turned around
er hätte gewandt	he would have turned around
es hätte gewandt	she would have turned around
wir hätten gewandt	we would have turned around
ihr hättet gewandt	you would have turned around
sie hätten gewandt	they would have turned around

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich wendete	I would turn around
du wendetest	you would turn around
wir wendeten	we would turn around
ihr wendetet	you would turn around
sie wendeten	they would turn around

Imperative		Scored
wendet	Turn around

Present Participle		Scored
wendend	turning around

Past Participle		Scored
gewendet	turned around

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