Träumen Conjugation in German
träumen means “to dream” in English, and it is one of the first verbs German learners meet — it sits at number 463 in VerbFlow’s frequency list for German verbs. You use it whenever you talk about dreaming of a holiday by the sea, and because it comes up in everyday conversation so often, learning its forms properly pays off from the very first week. This page gives you the complete conjugation of träumen — every tense, every person, both participles and the infinitive — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Ich träume von einem Urlaub am Meer jeden Tag.” — “I dream of a holiday by the sea every day.”
Quick facts
- Infinitive: träumen
- English: to dream
- Verb type: Regular
- Irregular in: none — regular in every tense
- Pattern: weak
- Separable: no
- Participle I: träumend
- Past participle (Partizip II): geträumt
- Auxiliary: haben (all perfect tenses are formed with haben + the past participle)
Pronunciation
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for träumen, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Learn the spelling of the forms first, and listen to a native speaker for the sounds rather than trusting an invented transcription. The forms below are the ones that matter: once you can read träumen in every tense, you can recognise it in speech even before you can pronounce every form perfectly.
Three things to remember about träumen
- It is regular: every form follows the ordinary weak pattern, so once you know the stem you can build the whole table. The only work is learning the endings, not memorising exceptions.
- The perfect tenses use haben: the perfect is formed with haben in the present plus the past participle geträumt. The tables on this page give the participle in the uninflected form, exactly as it appears in the verified dump; agreement with the subject is a separate step that depends on the sentence, not on the verb table.
- Partizip I is träumend and Partizip II is geträumt: keep both in mind as you read the tables, because Partizip I appears in adjectival uses and Partizip II appears in every perfect tense. If you know those two forms and the present tense, you already know the skeleton of the whole conjugation.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for träumen. Learn the present tense first, then the Perfekt and the preterite, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.
Present (Präsens)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | träume |
| du | träumst |
| er/sie/es | träumt |
| wir | träumen |
| ihr | träumt |
| sie/Sie | träumen |
The present (Präsens) is used for habits, facts and things happening now. For example: “Ich träume von einem neuen Haus jeden Tag.” — “I dream of a new house every day.”
Preterite (Präteritum)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | träumte |
| du | träumtest |
| er/sie/es | träumte |
| wir | träumten |
| ihr | träumtet |
| sie/Sie | träumten |
The preterite (Präteritum) is used for completed actions in the past, mostly in written German and in stories. For example: “Du träumtest von einem neuen Haus gestern.” — “You dreamed of a new house yesterday.”
Perfect (Perfekt)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | habe geträumt |
| du | hast geträumt |
| er/sie/es | hat geträumt |
| wir | haben geträumt |
| ihr | habt geträumt |
| sie/Sie | haben geträumt |
The perfect (Perfekt) is used for completed actions in the past, especially in spoken German. For example: “Er hat von einem neuen Haus geträumt gestern.” — “He has dreamed of a new house yesterday.”
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | hatte geträumt |
| du | hattest geträumt |
| er/sie/es | hatte geträumt |
| wir | hatten geträumt |
| ihr | hattet geträumt |
| sie/Sie | hatten geträumt |
The pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Wir hatten von einem neuen Haus geträumt vor der Party.” — “We had dreamed of a new house before the party.”
Future (Futur I)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | werde träumen |
| du | wirst träumen |
| er/sie/es | wird träumen |
| wir | werden träumen |
| ihr | werdet träumen |
| sie/Sie | werden träumen |
The future (Futur I) is used for what will happen, for predictions and for probability. For example: “Ich werde von einem neuen Haus träumen morgen.” — “I will dream of a new house tomorrow.”
Future perfect (Futur II)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | werde geträumt haben |
| du | wirst geträumt haben |
| er/sie/es | wird geträumt haben |
| wir | werden geträumt haben |
| ihr | werdet geträumt haben |
| sie/Sie | werden geträumt haben |
The future perfect (Futur II) is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Du wirst von einem neuen Haus geträumt haben bis morgen.” — “You will have dreamed of a new house by tomorrow.”
Konjunktiv I
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | träume |
| du | träumest |
| er/sie/es | träume |
| wir | träumen |
| ihr | träumet |
| sie/Sie | träumen |
Konjunktiv I is used for reported speech and indirect quotation. For example: “Es ist wichtig, dass er träume von einem neuen Haus.” — “It is important that he dream of a new house.”
Konjunktiv II
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | träumte |
| du | träumtest |
| er/sie/es | träumte |
| wir | träumten |
| ihr | träumtet |
| sie/Sie | träumten |
Konjunktiv II is used for wishes, hypothetical situations and polite requests. It doubles as the conditional: there is no separate würde tense in the tables, and the periphrastic alternative with würde plus the infinitive is a way of expressing the same meaning, not a tense of its own. For example: “Ich träumte von einem neuen Haus eines Tages.” — “I would dream of a new house one day.”
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | hätte geträumt |
| du | hättest geträumt |
| er/sie/es | hätte geträumt |
| wir | hätten geträumt |
| ihr | hättet geträumt |
| sie/Sie | hätten geträumt |
The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Er hätte von einem neuen Haus geträumt gestern.” — “He would have dreamed of a new house yesterday.”
Imperative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| du | träum |
| wir | träumen |
| ihr | träumt |
| sie | träumen |
The imperative is used for direct commands and instructions. For example: “Träum von einem neuen Haus!” — “Dream of a new house!”
Present participle (Partizip I)
| Form | German |
|---|---|
| Present participle | träumend |
The present participle (Partizip I) is used as an adjective and for describing an action in progress. For example, the participle träumend describes something that is dreaming. The present-tense sentence “Ich träume von einem Urlaub am Meer jeden Tag.” — “I dream of a holiday by the sea every day.” shows the same verb in action.
Past participle (Partizip II)
| Form | German |
|---|---|
| Past participle | geträumt |
The past participle (Partizip II) is used with an auxiliary to form the perfect tenses, and as an adjective. For example: “Ich habe von einem Urlaub am Meer geträumt gestern.” — “I have dreamed of a holiday by the sea yesterday.”
Infinitive
| Form | German |
|---|---|
| Infinitive | träumen |
The infinitive is the dictionary form of the verb, used after modal verbs and in infinitive constructions. The infinitive träumen is the form you look up in a dictionary. In a sentence it appears after a modal verb or with zu, and in the future it follows werden, as in “Ich werde von einem Urlaub am Meer träumen morgen.” — “I will dream of a holiday by the sea tomorrow.”
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with träumen, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the German and try to produce it from the English.
- “Ich träume von einem Urlaub am Meer jeden Tag.” — “I dream of a holiday by the sea every day.”
- “Du träumtest von einem neuen Haus gestern.” — “You dreamed of a new house yesterday.”
- “Er hat von meiner Zukunft geträumt gestern.” — “He has dreamed of my future yesterday.”
- “Wir hatten von einem Urlaub am Meer geträumt vor der Party.” — “We had dreamed of a holiday by the sea before the party.”
- “Ich werde von einem neuen Haus träumen morgen.” — “I will dream of a new house tomorrow.”
- “Du wirst von meiner Zukunft geträumt haben bis morgen.” — “You will have dreamed of my future by tomorrow.”
- “Es ist wichtig, dass er träume von einem Urlaub am Meer.” — “It is important that he dream of a holiday by the sea.”
- “Ich träumte von einem neuen Haus eines Tages.” — “I would dream of a new house one day.”
- “Er hätte von meiner Zukunft geträumt gestern.” — “He would have dreamed of my future yesterday.”
- “Träum von einem Urlaub am Meer!” — “Dream of a holiday by the sea!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Ich träumen von einem Urlaub am Meer.”
✓ Right: “Ich träume von einem Urlaub am Meer.”
The infinitive träumen never takes a subject. After ich you need the conjugated present form träume.
2. Using the wrong person’s form
✗ Wrong: “Ich träumen von einem Urlaub am Meer.”
✓ Right: “Ich träume von einem Urlaub am Meer.”
träumen is the sie form, not the ich form. Match the verb to the subject every time: ich goes with träume.
3. Using the present for a finished past action
✗ Wrong: “Ich träume von einem Urlaub am Meer gestern.”
✓ Right: “Ich habe von einem Urlaub am Meer geträumt gestern.”
The time word gestern points to the past, so a finished action needs the Perfekt habe geträumt, not the present.
4. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger
✗ Wrong: “Es ist wichtig, dass ich träume von einem Urlaub am Meer.”
✓ Right: “Es ist wichtig, dass ich träume von einem Urlaub am Meer.”
After es ist wichtig, dass German needs Konjunktiv I, so use träume here, not the indicative träume.
5. Using the wrong auxiliary in the Perfekt
✗ Wrong: “Ich bin geträumt von einem Urlaub am Meer.”
✓ Right: “habe geträumt von einem Urlaub am Meer.”
The Perfekt of träumen is formed with haben plus the past participle geträumt: the ich form is habe geträumt. Check the auxiliary in the table above before you build a perfect tense.
6. Using the preterite for a daily habit
✗ Wrong: “Ich träumte von einem Urlaub am Meer jeden Tag.”
✓ Right: “Ich träume von einem Urlaub am Meer jeden Tag.”
The preterite träumte describes a past action. For something you do every day, use the present träume.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on träumen. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
What is the ich form of träumen in the Present (Präsens)?
- A) träumst
- B) träumt
- C) träumen
- D) träume
What is the du form of träumen in the Preterite (Präteritum)?
- A) träumtest
- B) träumte
- C) träumten
- D) träumtet
What is the er/sie/es form of träumen in the Perfect (Perfekt)?
- A) habe geträumt
- B) hast geträumt
- C) haben geträumt
- D) hat geträumt
What is the wir form of träumen in the Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt)?
- A) hatten geträumt
- B) hatte geträumt
- C) hattest geträumt
- D) hattet geträumt
What is the du form of träumen in the Future (Futur I)?
- A) wirst träumen
- B) werde träumen
- C) wird träumen
- D) werden träumen
What is the ich form of träumen in the Future perfect (Futur II)?
- A) wirst geträumt haben
- B) wird geträumt haben
- C) werden geträumt haben
- D) werde geträumt haben
What is the er/sie/es form of träumen in the Konjunktiv I?
- A) träumest
- B) träumen
- C) träumet
- D) träume
What is the ich form of träumen in the Konjunktiv II?
- A) träumtest
- B) träumten
- C) träumtet
- D) träumte
What is the present participle (Partizip I) of träumen?
- A) lächelnd
- B) träumend
- C) lachend
- D) weinend
What does träumen mean in English?
- A) to dream
- B) to laugh
- C) to cry
- D) to smile
Answer key
- D) träume — the ich form of träumen in the Present (Präsens) is träume. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) träumtest — the du form of träumen in the Preterite (Präteritum) is träumtest. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) hat geträumt — the er/sie/es form of träumen in the Perfect (Perfekt) is hat geträumt. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) hatten geträumt — the wir form of träumen in the Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) is hatten geträumt. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) wirst träumen — the du form of träumen in the Future (Futur I) is wirst träumen. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) werde geträumt haben — the ich form of träumen in the Future perfect (Futur II) is werde geträumt haben. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) träume — the er/sie/es form of träumen in the Konjunktiv I is träume. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) träumte — the ich form of träumen in the Konjunktiv II is träumte. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) träumend — the present participle (Partizip I) of träumen is träumend. The other options are the participles of neighbouring verbs.
- A) to dream — träumen means “to dream” in English. The other options are the meanings of neighbouring verbs.
Frequently asked questions
What does träumen mean in English?
träumen means “to dream”. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is träumen regular or irregular?
träumen is regular: it follows the ordinary weak pattern in every tense. Partizip I is träumend and Partizip II is geträumt.
What are the participles of träumen?
Partizip I is träumend — use it as an adjective. Partizip II is geträumt — use it with haben for the perfect tenses, as in habe geträumt.
Which auxiliary does träumen take in the Perfekt?
träumen takes haben in the Perfekt: the ich form is habe geträumt. All four perfect tenses on this page are built with haben plus the past participle geträumt.
How do I say “I dream” in German?
Say “Ich träume von einem Urlaub am Meer jeden Tag.” — “I dream of a holiday by the sea every day.” The ich form of the present is träume, and it is the form you will use most often.
Related pages
- Full conjugation of träumen — every tense of träumen in one place.
- Träumen in the present tense — the full table and usage rules for one tense.
- Träumen examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice questions for this verb.
- Lachen conjugation — another everyday German verb.
- Weinen conjugation — another everyday German verb.
- Lächeln conjugation — another everyday German verb.
- German verbs — the full hub of German conjugation pages.
- Spanish verbs — the full hub of Spanish conjugation pages.
- French verbs — the full hub of French conjugation pages.
- VerbFlow home — all languages, tools and verb lists.
- Spanish Verb Conjugator — practise träumen with the interactive tool.
- Conjugation Chart Printer — practise träumen with the interactive tool.
- Tense Finder — practise träumen with the interactive tool.