anklagen — German conjugation

to accuse

Frequency#844Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichklage anI accuse
duklagst anyou accuse
er/sie/esklagt anhe/she/it accuses
wirklagen anwe accuse
ihrklagt anyou (pl.) accuse
sie/Sieklagen anthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichklagte anI accused
duklagtest anyou accused
er/sie/esklagte anhe/she/it accused
wirklagten anwe accused
ihrklagtet anyou (pl.) accused
sie/Sieklagten anthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe angeklagtI have accused
duhast angeklagtyou have accused
er/sie/eshat angeklagthe/she/it has accused
wirhaben angeklagtwe have accused
ihrhabt angeklagtyou (pl.) have accused
sie/Siehaben angeklagtthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte angeklagtI had accused
duhattest angeklagtyou had accused
er/sie/eshatte angeklagthe/she/it had accused
wirhatten angeklagtwe had accused
ihrhattet angeklagtyou (pl.) had accused
sie/Siehatten angeklagtthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde anklagenI will accuse
duwirst anklagenyou will accuse
er/sie/eswird anklagenhe/she/it will accuse
wirwerden anklagenwe will accuse
ihrwerdet anklagenyou (pl.) will accuse
sie/Siewerden anklagenthey 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.

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

PronounGerman
ichklagte an
duklagtest an
er/sie/esklagte an
wirklagten an
ihrklagtet an
sie/Sieklagten 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.

PronounGerman
duklage an
ihrklagt an