ankreuzen — German conjugation
to check
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 | kreuze an | I check |
| du | kreuzt an | you check |
| er/sie/es | kreuzt an | he/she/it checks |
| wir | kreuzen an | we check |
| ihr | kreuzt an | you (pl.) check |
| sie/Sie | kreuzen an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | kreuzte an | I checked |
| du | kreuztest an | you checked |
| er/sie/es | kreuzte an | he/she/it checked |
| wir | kreuzten an | we checked |
| ihr | kreuztet an | you (pl.) checked |
| sie/Sie | kreuzten an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe angekreuzt | I have checked |
| du | hast angekreuzt | you have checked |
| er/sie/es | hat angekreuzt | he/she/it has checked |
| wir | haben angekreuzt | we have checked |
| ihr | habt angekreuzt | you (pl.) have checked |
| sie/Sie | haben angekreuzt | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte angekreuzt | I had checked |
| du | hattest angekreuzt | you had checked |
| er/sie/es | hatte angekreuzt | he/she/it had checked |
| wir | hatten angekreuzt | we had checked |
| ihr | hattet angekreuzt | you (pl.) had checked |
| sie/Sie | hatten angekreuzt | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde ankreuzen | I will check |
| du | wirst ankreuzen | you will check |
| er/sie/es | wird ankreuzen | he/she/it will check |
| wir | werden ankreuzen | we will check |
| ihr | werdet ankreuzen | you (pl.) will check |
| sie/Sie | werden ankreuzen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde angekreuzt haben | I will have checked |
| du | wirst angekreuzt haben | you will have checked |
| er/sie/es | wird angekreuzt haben | he/she/it will have checked |
| wir | werden angekreuzt haben | we will have checked |
| ihr | werdet angekreuzt haben | you (pl.) will have checked |
| sie/Sie | werden angekreuzt haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | kreuzte an |
| du | kreuztest an |
| er/sie/es | kreuzte an |
| wir | kreuzten an |
| ihr | kreuztet an |
| sie/Sie | kreuzten 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 | kreuze an |
| ihr | kreuzt an |