anbrennen — German conjugation
to burn
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | brenne an | I burn |
| du | brennst an | you burn |
| er/sie/es | brennt an | he/she/it burns |
| wir | brennen an | we burn |
| ihr | brennt an | you (pl.) burn |
| sie/Sie | brennen an | they burn |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | brannte an | I burned |
| du | branntest an | you burned |
| er/sie/es | brannte an | he/she/it burned |
| wir | brannten an | we burned |
| ihr | branntet an | you (pl.) burned |
| sie/Sie | brannten an | they burned |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 | bin angebrannt | I have burned |
| du | bist angebrannt | you have burned |
| er/sie/es | ist angebrannt | he/she/it has burned |
| wir | sind angebrannt | we have burned |
| ihr | seid angebrannt | you (pl.) have burned |
| sie/Sie | sind angebrannt | they have burned |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 | war angebrannt | I had burned |
| du | warst angebrannt | you had burned |
| er/sie/es | war angebrannt | he/she/it had burned |
| wir | waren angebrannt | we had burned |
| ihr | wart angebrannt | you (pl.) had burned |
| sie/Sie | waren angebrannt | they had burned |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 anbrennen | I will burn |
| du | wirst anbrennen | you will burn |
| er/sie/es | wird anbrennen | he/she/it will burn |
| wir | werden anbrennen | we will burn |
| ihr | werdet anbrennen | you (pl.) will burn |
| sie/Sie | werden anbrennen | they will burn |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 angebrannt sein | I will have burned |
| du | wirst angebrannt sein | you will have burned |
| er/sie/es | wird angebrannt sein | he/she/it will have burned |
| wir | werden angebrannt sein | we will have burned |
| ihr | werdet angebrannt sein | you (pl.) will have burned |
| sie/Sie | werden angebrannt sein | they will have burned |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | brennte an |
| du | brenntest an |
| er/sie/es | brennte an |
| wir | brennten an |
| ihr | brenntet an |
| sie/Sie | brennten an |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | brenne an |
| ihr | brennt an |