Conjunation

anheben — German conjugation

to raise

Frequency#536Irregular

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
ichhebe anI raise
duhebst anyou raise
er/sie/eshebt anhe/she/it raises
wirheben anwe raise
ihrhebt anyou (pl.) raise
sie/Sieheben anthey raise

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
ichhob anI raised
duhobst anyou raised
er/sie/eshob anhe/she/it raised
wirhoben anwe raised
ihrhobt anyou (pl.) raised
sie/Siehoben anthey raised

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 angehobenI have raised
duhast angehobenyou have raised
er/sie/eshat angehobenhe/she/it has raised
wirhaben angehobenwe have raised
ihrhabt angehobenyou (pl.) have raised
sie/Siehaben angehobenthey have raised

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 angehobenI had raised
duhattest angehobenyou had raised
er/sie/eshatte angehobenhe/she/it had raised
wirhatten angehobenwe had raised
ihrhattet angehobenyou (pl.) had raised
sie/Siehatten angehobenthey had raised

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 anhebenI will raise
duwirst anhebenyou will raise
er/sie/eswird anhebenhe/she/it will raise
wirwerden anhebenwe will raise
ihrwerdet anhebenyou (pl.) will raise
sie/Siewerden anhebenthey will raise

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 angehoben habenI will have raised
duwirst angehoben habenyou will have raised
er/sie/eswird angehoben habenhe/she/it will have raised
wirwerden angehoben habenwe will have raised
ihrwerdet angehoben habenyou (pl.) will have raised
sie/Siewerden angehoben habenthey will have raised

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
ichhöbe an
duhöbest an
er/sie/eshöbe an
wirhöben an
ihrhöbet an
sie/Siehöben 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
duhebe an
ihrhebt an

Verbs near anheben

besorgen · steigern · zusammenfassen · vollenden · ausgehen · eintreten · versorgen · abgeben · abziehen · entzünden