ankleben — German conjugation
to stick
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 | klebe an | I stick |
| du | klebst an | you stick |
| er/sie/es | klebt an | he/she/it sticks |
| wir | kleben an | we stick |
| ihr | klebt an | you (pl.) stick |
| sie/Sie | kleben an | they stick |
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 | klebte an | I stuck |
| du | klebtest an | you stuck |
| er/sie/es | klebte an | he/she/it stuck |
| wir | klebten an | we stuck |
| ihr | klebtet an | you (pl.) stuck |
| sie/Sie | klebten an | they stuck |
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 angeklebt | I have stuck |
| du | hast angeklebt | you have stuck |
| er/sie/es | hat angeklebt | he/she/it has stuck |
| wir | haben angeklebt | we have stuck |
| ihr | habt angeklebt | you (pl.) have stuck |
| sie/Sie | haben angeklebt | they have stuck |
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 angeklebt | I had stuck |
| du | hattest angeklebt | you had stuck |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeklebt | he/she/it had stuck |
| wir | hatten angeklebt | we had stuck |
| ihr | hattet angeklebt | you (pl.) had stuck |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeklebt | they had stuck |
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 ankleben | I will stick |
| du | wirst ankleben | you will stick |
| er/sie/es | wird ankleben | he/she/it will stick |
| wir | werden ankleben | we will stick |
| ihr | werdet ankleben | you (pl.) will stick |
| sie/Sie | werden ankleben | they will stick |
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 angeklebt haben | I will have stuck |
| du | wirst angeklebt haben | you will have stuck |
| er/sie/es | wird angeklebt haben | he/she/it will have stuck |
| wir | werden angeklebt haben | we will have stuck |
| ihr | werdet angeklebt haben | you (pl.) will have stuck |
| sie/Sie | werden angeklebt haben | they will have stuck |
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 | klebte an |
| du | klebtest an |
| er/sie/es | klebte an |
| wir | klebten an |
| ihr | klebtet an |
| sie/Sie | klebten 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 | klebe an |
| ihr | klebt an |