anhaben — German conjugation
to wear
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 | habe an | I wear |
| du | hast an | you wear |
| er/sie/es | hat an | he/she/it wears |
| wir | haben an | we wear |
| ihr | habt an | you (pl.) wear |
| sie/Sie | haben an | they wear |
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 | hatte an | I wore |
| du | hattest an | you wore |
| er/sie/es | hatte an | he/she/it wore |
| wir | hatten an | we wore |
| ihr | hattet an | you (pl.) wore |
| sie/Sie | hatten an | they wore |
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 angehabt | I have worn |
| du | hast angehabt | you have worn |
| er/sie/es | hat angehabt | he/she/it has worn |
| wir | haben angehabt | we have worn |
| ihr | habt angehabt | you (pl.) have worn |
| sie/Sie | haben angehabt | they have worn |
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 angehabt | I had worn |
| du | hattest angehabt | you had worn |
| er/sie/es | hatte angehabt | he/she/it had worn |
| wir | hatten angehabt | we had worn |
| ihr | hattet angehabt | you (pl.) had worn |
| sie/Sie | hatten angehabt | they had worn |
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 anhaben | I will wear |
| du | wirst anhaben | you will wear |
| er/sie/es | wird anhaben | he/she/it will wear |
| wir | werden anhaben | we will wear |
| ihr | werdet anhaben | you (pl.) will wear |
| sie/Sie | werden anhaben | they will wear |
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 angehabt haben | I will have worn |
| du | wirst angehabt haben | you will have worn |
| er/sie/es | wird angehabt haben | he/she/it will have worn |
| wir | werden angehabt haben | we will have worn |
| ihr | werdet angehabt haben | you (pl.) will have worn |
| sie/Sie | werden angehabt haben | they will have worn |
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 | hätte an |
| du | hättest an |
| er/sie/es | hätte an |
| wir | hätten an |
| ihr | hättet an |
| sie/Sie | hätten 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 | habe an |
| ihr | habt an |