anklagen — German conjugation
to accuse
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 | klage an | I accuse |
| du | klagst an | you accuse |
| er/sie/es | klagt an | he/she/it accuses |
| wir | klagen an | we accuse |
| ihr | klagt an | you (pl.) accuse |
| sie/Sie | klagen an | they accuse |
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 | klagte an | I accused |
| du | klagtest an | you accused |
| er/sie/es | klagte an | he/she/it accused |
| wir | klagten an | we accused |
| ihr | klagtet an | you (pl.) accused |
| sie/Sie | klagten an | they accused |
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 angeklagt | I have accused |
| du | hast angeklagt | you have accused |
| er/sie/es | hat angeklagt | he/she/it has accused |
| wir | haben angeklagt | we have accused |
| ihr | habt angeklagt | you (pl.) have accused |
| sie/Sie | haben angeklagt | they have accused |
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 angeklagt | I had accused |
| du | hattest angeklagt | you had accused |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeklagt | he/she/it had accused |
| wir | hatten angeklagt | we had accused |
| ihr | hattet angeklagt | you (pl.) had accused |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeklagt | they had accused |
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 anklagen | I will accuse |
| du | wirst anklagen | you will accuse |
| er/sie/es | wird anklagen | he/she/it will accuse |
| wir | werden anklagen | we will accuse |
| ihr | werdet anklagen | you (pl.) will accuse |
| sie/Sie | werden anklagen | they will accuse |
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 angeklagt haben | I will have accused |
| du | wirst angeklagt haben | you will have accused |
| er/sie/es | wird angeklagt haben | he/she/it will have accused |
| wir | werden angeklagt haben | we will have accused |
| ihr | werdet angeklagt haben | you (pl.) will have accused |
| sie/Sie | werden angeklagt haben | they will have accused |
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 | klagte an |
| du | klagtest an |
| er/sie/es | klagte an |
| wir | klagten an |
| ihr | klagtet an |
| sie/Sie | klagten 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 | klage an |
| ihr | klagt an |