angeben — German conjugation
to indicate
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 | gebe an | I indicate |
| du | gibst an | you indicate |
| er/sie/es | gibt an | he/she/it indicates |
| wir | geben an | we indicate |
| ihr | gebt an | you (pl.) indicate |
| sie/Sie | geben an | they indicate |
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 | gab an | I indicated |
| du | gabst an | you indicated |
| er/sie/es | gab an | he/she/it indicated |
| wir | gaben an | we indicated |
| ihr | gabt an | you (pl.) indicated |
| sie/Sie | gaben an | they indicated |
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 angegeben | I have indicated |
| du | hast angegeben | you have indicated |
| er/sie/es | hat angegeben | he/she/it has indicated |
| wir | haben angegeben | we have indicated |
| ihr | habt angegeben | you (pl.) have indicated |
| sie/Sie | haben angegeben | they have indicated |
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 angegeben | I had indicated |
| du | hattest angegeben | you had indicated |
| er/sie/es | hatte angegeben | he/she/it had indicated |
| wir | hatten angegeben | we had indicated |
| ihr | hattet angegeben | you (pl.) had indicated |
| sie/Sie | hatten angegeben | they had indicated |
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 angeben | I will indicate |
| du | wirst angeben | you will indicate |
| er/sie/es | wird angeben | he/she/it will indicate |
| wir | werden angeben | we will indicate |
| ihr | werdet angeben | you (pl.) will indicate |
| sie/Sie | werden angeben | they will indicate |
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 angegeben haben | I will have indicated |
| du | wirst angegeben haben | you will have indicated |
| er/sie/es | wird angegeben haben | he/she/it will have indicated |
| wir | werden angegeben haben | we will have indicated |
| ihr | werdet angegeben haben | you (pl.) will have indicated |
| sie/Sie | werden angegeben haben | they will have indicated |
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 | gäbe an |
| du | gäbest an |
| er/sie/es | gäbe an |
| wir | gäben an |
| ihr | gäbet an |
| sie/Sie | gäben 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 | gib an |
| ihr | gebt an |