Conjugation of German Verb wollen

to want

Modal verb Past Participle: gewollt Auxiliary: haben

Perfekt: hat + gewollt (e.g., Ich habe gewollt)

Present Tense (Präsens)

Actions happening now, habitual actions, and general truths

Completed past actions, commonly used in written German

Hypothetical situations, polite requests, and wishes

Actions that will happen, formed with werden + infinitive

Modal verbs do not have imperative forms in standard German.

Präsens

Ich will nach Hause gehen.

I want to go home.

Präteritum

Sie wollte Lehrerin werden.

She wanted to become a teacher.

Perfekt

Er hat das nicht gewollt.

He didn't want that.

Höflich

Wollen wir ins Kino gehen?

Shall we go to the cinema?