angeben — German conjugation

to indicate

Frequency#511Irregular

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
ichgebe anI indicate
dugibst anyou indicate
er/sie/esgibt anhe/she/it indicates
wirgeben anwe indicate
ihrgebt anyou (pl.) indicate
sie/Siegeben anthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichgab anI indicated
dugabst anyou indicated
er/sie/esgab anhe/she/it indicated
wirgaben anwe indicated
ihrgabt anyou (pl.) indicated
sie/Siegaben anthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe angegebenI have indicated
duhast angegebenyou have indicated
er/sie/eshat angegebenhe/she/it has indicated
wirhaben angegebenwe have indicated
ihrhabt angegebenyou (pl.) have indicated
sie/Siehaben angegebenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte angegebenI had indicated
duhattest angegebenyou had indicated
er/sie/eshatte angegebenhe/she/it had indicated
wirhatten angegebenwe had indicated
ihrhattet angegebenyou (pl.) had indicated
sie/Siehatten angegebenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde angebenI will indicate
duwirst angebenyou will indicate
er/sie/eswird angebenhe/she/it will indicate
wirwerden angebenwe will indicate
ihrwerdet angebenyou (pl.) will indicate
sie/Siewerden angebenthey 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.

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

PronounGerman
ichgäbe an
dugäbest an
er/sie/esgäbe an
wirgäben an
ihrgäbet an
sie/Siegäben 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
dugib an
ihrgebt an