ankleiden — German conjugation
to dress
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 | kleide an | I dress |
| du | kleidest an | you dress |
| er/sie/es | kleidet an | he/she/it dresses |
| wir | kleiden an | we dress |
| ihr | kleidet an | you (pl.) dress |
| sie/Sie | kleiden an | they dress |
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 | kleidete an | I dressed |
| du | kleidetest an | you dressed |
| er/sie/es | kleidete an | he/she/it dressed |
| wir | kleideten an | we dressed |
| ihr | kleidetet an | you (pl.) dressed |
| sie/Sie | kleideten an | they dressed |
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 angekleidet | I have dressed |
| du | hast angekleidet | you have dressed |
| er/sie/es | hat angekleidet | he/she/it has dressed |
| wir | haben angekleidet | we have dressed |
| ihr | habt angekleidet | you (pl.) have dressed |
| sie/Sie | haben angekleidet | they have dressed |
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 angekleidet | I had dressed |
| du | hattest angekleidet | you had dressed |
| er/sie/es | hatte angekleidet | he/she/it had dressed |
| wir | hatten angekleidet | we had dressed |
| ihr | hattet angekleidet | you (pl.) had dressed |
| sie/Sie | hatten angekleidet | they had dressed |
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 ankleiden | I will dress |
| du | wirst ankleiden | you will dress |
| er/sie/es | wird ankleiden | he/she/it will dress |
| wir | werden ankleiden | we will dress |
| ihr | werdet ankleiden | you (pl.) will dress |
| sie/Sie | werden ankleiden | they will dress |
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 angekleidet haben | I will have dressed |
| du | wirst angekleidet haben | you will have dressed |
| er/sie/es | wird angekleidet haben | he/she/it will have dressed |
| wir | werden angekleidet haben | we will have dressed |
| ihr | werdet angekleidet haben | you (pl.) will have dressed |
| sie/Sie | werden angekleidet haben | they will have dressed |
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 | kleidete an |
| du | kleidetest an |
| er/sie/es | kleidete an |
| wir | kleideten an |
| ihr | kleidetet an |
| sie/Sie | kleideten 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 | kleide an |
| ihr | kleidet an |