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Bruno erzählt, wie sehr sich die Arbeit in Restaurantküchen seit seiner Lehre gewandelt hat. Bruno talks about how much work in restaurant kitchens has changed since his apprenticeship.

verb · C1

wandeln

[ˈvandl̩n]

to change, to transform

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Synonyms
verändern

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es wandelt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es wandelte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gewandelt The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich wandlewandeltehabe gewandelt
du wandelstwandeltesthast gewandelt
er/sie/es wandeltwandeltehat gewandelt
wir wandelnwandeltenhaben gewandelt
ihr wandeltwandeltethabt gewandelt
sie/Sie wandelnwandeltenhaben gewandelt
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gewandeltwerde wandelnwerde gewandelt haben
du hattest gewandeltwirst wandelnwirst gewandelt haben
er/sie/es hatte gewandeltwird wandelnwird gewandelt haben
wir hatten gewandeltwerden wandelnwerden gewandelt haben
ihr hattet gewandeltwerdet wandelnwerdet gewandelt haben
sie/Sie hatten gewandeltwerden wandelnwerden gewandelt haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich wandelte
du wandeltest
er/sie/es wandelte
wir wandelten
ihr wandeltet
sie/Sie wandelten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde wandeln.

Person Imperativ
du wandle!
ihr wandelt!
Sie wandeln Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

wandel root n ending

-n
the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.

Word family

der Wandelverwandelndie Verwandlungumwandeln

In Otti's situations: The friends discuss the future of work

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