akquirieren — German conjugation
to acquire
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Regular
Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.
Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | akquiriere | I acquire |
| du | akquirierst | you acquire |
| er/sie/es | akquiriert | he/she/it acquires |
| wir | akquirieren | we acquire |
| ihr | akquiriert | you (pl.) acquire |
| sie/Sie | akquirieren | they acquire |
Simple past (Präteritum) Regular
Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.
Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | akquirierte | I acquired |
| du | akquiriertest | you acquired |
| er/sie/es | akquirierte | he/she/it acquired |
| wir | akquirierten | we acquired |
| ihr | akquiriertet | you (pl.) acquired |
| sie/Sie | akquirierten | they acquired |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular
The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.
Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe akquiriert | I have acquired |
| du | hast akquiriert | you have acquired |
| er/sie/es | hat akquiriert | he/she/it has acquired |
| wir | haben akquiriert | we have acquired |
| ihr | habt akquiriert | you (pl.) have acquired |
| sie/Sie | haben akquiriert | they have acquired |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular
The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.
Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte akquiriert | I had acquired |
| du | hattest akquiriert | you had acquired |
| er/sie/es | hatte akquiriert | he/she/it had acquired |
| wir | hatten akquiriert | we had acquired |
| ihr | hattet akquiriert | you (pl.) had acquired |
| sie/Sie | hatten akquiriert | they had acquired |
Future I (Futur I) Regular
Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.
Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde akquirieren | I will acquire |
| du | wirst akquirieren | you will acquire |
| er/sie/es | wird akquirieren | he/she/it will acquire |
| wir | werden akquirieren | we will acquire |
| ihr | werdet akquirieren | you (pl.) will acquire |
| sie/Sie | werden akquirieren | they will acquire |
Future II (Futur II) Regular
Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.
Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde akquiriert haben | I will have acquired |
| du | wirst akquiriert haben | you will have acquired |
| er/sie/es | wird akquiriert haben | he/she/it will have acquired |
| wir | werden akquiriert haben | we will have acquired |
| ihr | werdet akquiriert haben | you (pl.) will have acquired |
| sie/Sie | werden akquiriert haben | they will have acquired |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular
Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.
Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | akquirierte |
| du | akquiriertest |
| er/sie/es | akquirierte |
| wir | akquirierten |
| ihr | akquiriertet |
| sie/Sie | akquirierten |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Regular
The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.
Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | akquiriere |
| ihr | akquiriert |