anlocken — German conjugation
to attract
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 | locke an | I attract |
| du | lockst an | you attract |
| er/sie/es | lockt an | he/she/it attracts |
| wir | locken an | we attract |
| ihr | lockt an | you (pl.) attract |
| sie/Sie | locken an | they attract |
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 | lockte an | I attracted |
| du | locktest an | you attracted |
| er/sie/es | lockte an | he/she/it attracted |
| wir | lockten an | we attracted |
| ihr | locktet an | you (pl.) attracted |
| sie/Sie | lockten an | they attracted |
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 angelockt | I have attracted |
| du | hast angelockt | you have attracted |
| er/sie/es | hat angelockt | he/she/it has attracted |
| wir | haben angelockt | we have attracted |
| ihr | habt angelockt | you (pl.) have attracted |
| sie/Sie | haben angelockt | they have attracted |
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 angelockt | I had attracted |
| du | hattest angelockt | you had attracted |
| er/sie/es | hatte angelockt | he/she/it had attracted |
| wir | hatten angelockt | we had attracted |
| ihr | hattet angelockt | you (pl.) had attracted |
| sie/Sie | hatten angelockt | they had attracted |
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 anlocken | I will attract |
| du | wirst anlocken | you will attract |
| er/sie/es | wird anlocken | he/she/it will attract |
| wir | werden anlocken | we will attract |
| ihr | werdet anlocken | you (pl.) will attract |
| sie/Sie | werden anlocken | they will attract |
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 angelockt haben | I will have attracted |
| du | wirst angelockt haben | you will have attracted |
| er/sie/es | wird angelockt haben | he/she/it will have attracted |
| wir | werden angelockt haben | we will have attracted |
| ihr | werdet angelockt haben | you (pl.) will have attracted |
| sie/Sie | werden angelockt haben | they will have attracted |
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 | lockte an |
| du | locktest an |
| er/sie/es | lockte an |
| wir | lockten an |
| ihr | locktet an |
| sie/Sie | lockten 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 | locke an |
| ihr | lockt an |