anmachen — German conjugation
to turn on
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 | mache an | I turn on |
| du | machst an | you turn on |
| er/sie/es | macht an | he/she/it turns on |
| wir | machen an | we turn on |
| ihr | macht an | you (pl.) turn on |
| sie/Sie | machen an | they turn on |
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 | machte an | I turned on |
| du | machtest an | you turned on |
| er/sie/es | machte an | he/she/it turned on |
| wir | machten an | we turned on |
| ihr | machtet an | you (pl.) turned on |
| sie/Sie | machten an | they turned on |
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 angemacht | I have turned on |
| du | hast angemacht | you have turned on |
| er/sie/es | hat angemacht | he/she/it has turned on |
| wir | haben angemacht | we have turned on |
| ihr | habt angemacht | you (pl.) have turned on |
| sie/Sie | haben angemacht | they have turned on |
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 angemacht | I had turned on |
| du | hattest angemacht | you had turned on |
| er/sie/es | hatte angemacht | he/she/it had turned on |
| wir | hatten angemacht | we had turned on |
| ihr | hattet angemacht | you (pl.) had turned on |
| sie/Sie | hatten angemacht | they had turned on |
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 anmachen | I will turn on |
| du | wirst anmachen | you will turn on |
| er/sie/es | wird anmachen | he/she/it will turn on |
| wir | werden anmachen | we will turn on |
| ihr | werdet anmachen | you (pl.) will turn on |
| sie/Sie | werden anmachen | they will turn on |
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 angemacht haben | I will have turned on |
| du | wirst angemacht haben | you will have turned on |
| er/sie/es | wird angemacht haben | he/she/it will have turned on |
| wir | werden angemacht haben | we will have turned on |
| ihr | werdet angemacht haben | you (pl.) will have turned on |
| sie/Sie | werden angemacht haben | they will have turned on |
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 | machte an |
| du | machtest an |
| er/sie/es | machte an |
| wir | machten an |
| ihr | machtet an |
| sie/Sie | machten 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 | mache an |
| ihr | macht an |