ankreuzen — German conjugation

to check

Frequency#2382Regular

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
ichkreuze anI check
dukreuzt anyou check
er/sie/eskreuzt anhe/she/it checks
wirkreuzen anwe check
ihrkreuzt anyou (pl.) check
sie/Siekreuzen anthey check

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
ichkreuzte anI checked
dukreuztest anyou checked
er/sie/eskreuzte anhe/she/it checked
wirkreuzten anwe checked
ihrkreuztet anyou (pl.) checked
sie/Siekreuzten anthey checked

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 angekreuztI have checked
duhast angekreuztyou have checked
er/sie/eshat angekreuzthe/she/it has checked
wirhaben angekreuztwe have checked
ihrhabt angekreuztyou (pl.) have checked
sie/Siehaben angekreuztthey have checked

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 angekreuztI had checked
duhattest angekreuztyou had checked
er/sie/eshatte angekreuzthe/she/it had checked
wirhatten angekreuztwe had checked
ihrhattet angekreuztyou (pl.) had checked
sie/Siehatten angekreuztthey had checked

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 ankreuzenI will check
duwirst ankreuzenyou will check
er/sie/eswird ankreuzenhe/she/it will check
wirwerden ankreuzenwe will check
ihrwerdet ankreuzenyou (pl.) will check
sie/Siewerden ankreuzenthey will check

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

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
ichkreuzte an
dukreuztest an
er/sie/eskreuzte an
wirkreuzten an
ihrkreuztet an
sie/Siekreuzten 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
dukreuze an
ihrkreuzt an