anbauen — German conjugation
to grow, to cultivate
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 | baue an | I grow |
| du | baust an | you grow |
| er/sie/es | baut an | he/she/it grows |
| wir | bauen an | we grow |
| ihr | baut an | you (pl.) grow |
| sie/Sie | bauen an | they grow |
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 | baute an | I grew |
| du | bautest an | you grew |
| er/sie/es | baute an | he/she/it grew |
| wir | bauten an | we grew |
| ihr | bautet an | you (pl.) grew |
| sie/Sie | bauten an | they grew |
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 angebaut | I have grown |
| du | hast angebaut | you have grown |
| er/sie/es | hat angebaut | he/she/it has grown |
| wir | haben angebaut | we have grown |
| ihr | habt angebaut | you (pl.) have grown |
| sie/Sie | haben angebaut | they have grown |
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 angebaut | I had grown |
| du | hattest angebaut | you had grown |
| er/sie/es | hatte angebaut | he/she/it had grown |
| wir | hatten angebaut | we had grown |
| ihr | hattet angebaut | you (pl.) had grown |
| sie/Sie | hatten angebaut | they had grown |
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 anbauen | I will grow |
| du | wirst anbauen | you will grow |
| er/sie/es | wird anbauen | he/she/it will grow |
| wir | werden anbauen | we will grow |
| ihr | werdet anbauen | you (pl.) will grow |
| sie/Sie | werden anbauen | they will grow |
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 angebaut haben | I will have grown |
| du | wirst angebaut haben | you will have grown |
| er/sie/es | wird angebaut haben | he/she/it will have grown |
| wir | werden angebaut haben | we will have grown |
| ihr | werdet angebaut haben | you (pl.) will have grown |
| sie/Sie | werden angebaut haben | they will have grown |
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 | baute an |
| du | bautest an |
| er/sie/es | baute an |
| wir | bauten an |
| ihr | bautet an |
| sie/Sie | bauten an |
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 | baue an |
| ihr | baut an |