anerkennen — German conjugation

to acknowledge

Frequency#337Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
icherkenne anI acknowledge
duerkennst anyou acknowledge
er/sie/eserkennt anhe/she/it acknowledges
wirerkennen anwe acknowledge
ihrerkennt anyou (pl.) acknowledge
sie/Sieerkennen anthey acknowledge

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
icherkannte anI acknowledged
duerkanntest anyou acknowledged
er/sie/eserkannte anhe/she/it acknowledged
wirerkannten anwe acknowledged
ihrerkanntet anyou (pl.) acknowledged
sie/Sieerkannten anthey acknowledged

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe anerkanntI have acknowledged
duhast anerkanntyou have acknowledged
er/sie/eshat anerkannthe/she/it has acknowledged
wirhaben anerkanntwe have acknowledged
ihrhabt anerkanntyou (pl.) have acknowledged
sie/Siehaben anerkanntthey have acknowledged

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte anerkanntI had acknowledged
duhattest anerkanntyou had acknowledged
er/sie/eshatte anerkannthe/she/it had acknowledged
wirhatten anerkanntwe had acknowledged
ihrhattet anerkanntyou (pl.) had acknowledged
sie/Siehatten anerkanntthey had acknowledged

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde anerkennenI will acknowledge
duwirst anerkennenyou will acknowledge
er/sie/eswird anerkennenhe/she/it will acknowledge
wirwerden anerkennenwe will acknowledge
ihrwerdet anerkennenyou (pl.) will acknowledge
sie/Siewerden anerkennenthey will acknowledge

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde anerkannt habenI will have acknowledged
duwirst anerkannt habenyou will have acknowledged
er/sie/eswird anerkannt habenhe/she/it will have acknowledged
wirwerden anerkannt habenwe will have acknowledged
ihrwerdet anerkannt habenyou (pl.) will have acknowledged
sie/Siewerden anerkannt habenthey will have acknowledged

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?

PronounGerman
icherkennte an
duerkenntest an
er/sie/eserkennte an
wirerkennten an
ihrerkenntet an
sie/Sieerkennten 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.

PronounGerman
duerkenne an
ihrerkennt an