anfordern — German conjugation
to request
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 | fordere an | I request |
| du | forderst an | you request |
| er/sie/es | fordert an | he/she/it requests |
| wir | fordern an | we request |
| ihr | fordert an | you (pl.) request |
| sie/Sie | fordern an | they request |
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 | forderte an | I requested |
| du | fordertest an | you requested |
| er/sie/es | forderte an | he/she/it requested |
| wir | forderten an | we requested |
| ihr | fordertet an | you (pl.) requested |
| sie/Sie | forderten an | they requested |
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 angefordert | I have requested |
| du | hast angefordert | you have requested |
| er/sie/es | hat angefordert | he/she/it has requested |
| wir | haben angefordert | we have requested |
| ihr | habt angefordert | you (pl.) have requested |
| sie/Sie | haben angefordert | they have requested |
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 angefordert | I had requested |
| du | hattest angefordert | you had requested |
| er/sie/es | hatte angefordert | he/she/it had requested |
| wir | hatten angefordert | we had requested |
| ihr | hattet angefordert | you (pl.) had requested |
| sie/Sie | hatten angefordert | they had requested |
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 anfordern | I will request |
| du | wirst anfordern | you will request |
| er/sie/es | wird anfordern | he/she/it will request |
| wir | werden anfordern | we will request |
| ihr | werdet anfordern | you (pl.) will request |
| sie/Sie | werden anfordern | they will request |
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 angefordert haben | I will have requested |
| du | wirst angefordert haben | you will have requested |
| er/sie/es | wird angefordert haben | he/she/it will have requested |
| wir | werden angefordert haben | we will have requested |
| ihr | werdet angefordert haben | you (pl.) will have requested |
| sie/Sie | werden angefordert haben | they will have requested |
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 | forderte an |
| du | fordertest an |
| er/sie/es | forderte an |
| wir | forderten an |
| ihr | fordertet an |
| sie/Sie | forderten 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 | fordere an |
| ihr | fordert an |