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Lesson 59 of 69 · B1, Unit 2: Complex sentences

The future tense

German often uses the present tense for the future when a time word makes it clear: Morgen fahre ich nach Bonn. The future tense with werden adds emphasis, makes a prediction, or states an intention or promise: Ich werde dich anrufen.

werden is irregular: ich werde, du wirst, er wird, wir werden, ihr werdet, sie werden. The main verb goes to the end in the infinitive, like with a modal.

By the end you can:

  • form the future with werden + infinitive
  • choose between the present and the future for future events
  • use werden on its own to mean 'become' or 'get'

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