anerkennen — German conjugation
to acknowledge
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 | erkenne an | I acknowledge |
| du | erkennst an | you acknowledge |
| er/sie/es | erkennt an | he/she/it acknowledges |
| wir | erkennen an | we acknowledge |
| ihr | erkennt an | you (pl.) acknowledge |
| sie/Sie | erkennen an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | erkannte an | I acknowledged |
| du | erkanntest an | you acknowledged |
| er/sie/es | erkannte an | he/she/it acknowledged |
| wir | erkannten an | we acknowledged |
| ihr | erkanntet an | you (pl.) acknowledged |
| sie/Sie | erkannten an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe anerkannt | I have acknowledged |
| du | hast anerkannt | you have acknowledged |
| er/sie/es | hat anerkannt | he/she/it has acknowledged |
| wir | haben anerkannt | we have acknowledged |
| ihr | habt anerkannt | you (pl.) have acknowledged |
| sie/Sie | haben anerkannt | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte anerkannt | I had acknowledged |
| du | hattest anerkannt | you had acknowledged |
| er/sie/es | hatte anerkannt | he/she/it had acknowledged |
| wir | hatten anerkannt | we had acknowledged |
| ihr | hattet anerkannt | you (pl.) had acknowledged |
| sie/Sie | hatten anerkannt | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde anerkennen | I will acknowledge |
| du | wirst anerkennen | you will acknowledge |
| er/sie/es | wird anerkennen | he/she/it will acknowledge |
| wir | werden anerkennen | we will acknowledge |
| ihr | werdet anerkennen | you (pl.) will acknowledge |
| sie/Sie | werden anerkennen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde anerkannt haben | I will have acknowledged |
| du | wirst anerkannt haben | you will have acknowledged |
| er/sie/es | wird anerkannt haben | he/she/it will have acknowledged |
| wir | werden anerkannt haben | we will have acknowledged |
| ihr | werdet anerkannt haben | you (pl.) will have acknowledged |
| sie/Sie | werden anerkannt haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | erkennte an |
| du | erkenntest an |
| er/sie/es | erkennte an |
| wir | erkennten an |
| ihr | erkenntet an |
| sie/Sie | erkennten 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 | erkenne an |
| ihr | erkennt an |