anmalen — German conjugation
to paint, to colour in
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 | male an | I paint |
| du | malst an | you paint |
| er/sie/es | malt an | he/she/it paints |
| wir | malen an | we paint |
| ihr | malt an | you (pl.) paint |
| sie/Sie | malen an | they paint |
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 | malte an | I painted |
| du | maltest an | you painted |
| er/sie/es | malte an | he/she/it painted |
| wir | malten an | we painted |
| ihr | maltet an | you (pl.) painted |
| sie/Sie | malten an | they painted |
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 angemalt | I have painted |
| du | hast angemalt | you have painted |
| er/sie/es | hat angemalt | he/she/it has painted |
| wir | haben angemalt | we have painted |
| ihr | habt angemalt | you (pl.) have painted |
| sie/Sie | haben angemalt | they have painted |
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 angemalt | I had painted |
| du | hattest angemalt | you had painted |
| er/sie/es | hatte angemalt | he/she/it had painted |
| wir | hatten angemalt | we had painted |
| ihr | hattet angemalt | you (pl.) had painted |
| sie/Sie | hatten angemalt | they had painted |
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 anmalen | I will paint |
| du | wirst anmalen | you will paint |
| er/sie/es | wird anmalen | he/she/it will paint |
| wir | werden anmalen | we will paint |
| ihr | werdet anmalen | you (pl.) will paint |
| sie/Sie | werden anmalen | they will paint |
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 angemalt haben | I will have painted |
| du | wirst angemalt haben | you will have painted |
| er/sie/es | wird angemalt haben | he/she/it will have painted |
| wir | werden angemalt haben | we will have painted |
| ihr | werdet angemalt haben | you (pl.) will have painted |
| sie/Sie | werden angemalt haben | they will have painted |
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 | malte an |
| du | maltest an |
| er/sie/es | malte an |
| wir | malten an |
| ihr | maltet an |
| sie/Sie | malten 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 | male an |
| ihr | malt an |