anbeten — German conjugation
to worship
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 | bete an | I worship |
| du | betest an | you worship |
| er/sie/es | betet an | he/she/it worships |
| wir | beten an | we worship |
| ihr | betet an | you (pl.) worship |
| sie/Sie | beten an | they worship |
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 | betete an | I worshipped |
| du | betetest an | you worshipped |
| er/sie/es | betete an | he/she/it worshipped |
| wir | beteten an | we worshipped |
| ihr | betetet an | you (pl.) worshipped |
| sie/Sie | beteten an | they worshipped |
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 angebetet | I have worshipped |
| du | hast angebetet | you have worshipped |
| er/sie/es | hat angebetet | he/she/it has worshipped |
| wir | haben angebetet | we have worshipped |
| ihr | habt angebetet | you (pl.) have worshipped |
| sie/Sie | haben angebetet | they have worshipped |
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 angebetet | I had worshipped |
| du | hattest angebetet | you had worshipped |
| er/sie/es | hatte angebetet | he/she/it had worshipped |
| wir | hatten angebetet | we had worshipped |
| ihr | hattet angebetet | you (pl.) had worshipped |
| sie/Sie | hatten angebetet | they had worshipped |
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 anbeten | I will worship |
| du | wirst anbeten | you will worship |
| er/sie/es | wird anbeten | he/she/it will worship |
| wir | werden anbeten | we will worship |
| ihr | werdet anbeten | you (pl.) will worship |
| sie/Sie | werden anbeten | they will worship |
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 angebetet haben | I will have worshipped |
| du | wirst angebetet haben | you will have worshipped |
| er/sie/es | wird angebetet haben | he/she/it will have worshipped |
| wir | werden angebetet haben | we will have worshipped |
| ihr | werdet angebetet haben | you (pl.) will have worshipped |
| sie/Sie | werden angebetet haben | they will have worshipped |
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 | betete an |
| du | betetest an |
| er/sie/es | betete an |
| wir | beteten an |
| ihr | betetet an |
| sie/Sie | beteten 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 | bete an |
| ihr | betet an |