| Präsens (Present) "ponder" | I | ponder | |
| Präsens Verlaufsform (Present continuous) "ponder" | I | am pondering | |
| Präteritum (Simple past) "ponder" | I | pondered | |
| Perfekt Verlaufsform (Past Continuous) "ponder" | I | was pondering | |
| Present Perfect (Präsens) "ponder" | I | have pondered | |
| Present Continuous (Futur) "ponder" | I | have been pondering | |
| Plusquamperfekt (Past perfect) "ponder" | I | had pondered | |
| Plusquamperfekt Verlaufsform (Past perfect continuous) "ponder" | I | had been pondering | |
| Futur I (Future) "ponder" | I | will ponder | |
| Futur I Verlaufsform (Future continuous) "ponder" | I | will be pondering | |
| Futur II (Future perfect) "ponder" | I | will have pondered | |
| Futur II Verlaufsform (Future perfect continuous) "ponder" | I | will have been pondering |