anmelden — German conjugation
to register
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 | melde an | I register |
| du | meldest an | you register |
| er/sie/es | meldet an | he/she/it registers |
| wir | melden an | we register |
| ihr | meldet an | you (pl.) register |
| sie/Sie | melden an | they register |
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 | meldete an | I registered |
| du | meldetest an | you registered |
| er/sie/es | meldete an | he/she/it registered |
| wir | meldeten an | we registered |
| ihr | meldetet an | you (pl.) registered |
| sie/Sie | meldeten an | they registered |
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 angemeldet | I have registered |
| du | hast angemeldet | you have registered |
| er/sie/es | hat angemeldet | he/she/it has registered |
| wir | haben angemeldet | we have registered |
| ihr | habt angemeldet | you (pl.) have registered |
| sie/Sie | haben angemeldet | they have registered |
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 angemeldet | I had registered |
| du | hattest angemeldet | you had registered |
| er/sie/es | hatte angemeldet | he/she/it had registered |
| wir | hatten angemeldet | we had registered |
| ihr | hattet angemeldet | you (pl.) had registered |
| sie/Sie | hatten angemeldet | they had registered |
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 anmelden | I will register |
| du | wirst anmelden | you will register |
| er/sie/es | wird anmelden | he/she/it will register |
| wir | werden anmelden | we will register |
| ihr | werdet anmelden | you (pl.) will register |
| sie/Sie | werden anmelden | they will register |
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 angemeldet haben | I will have registered |
| du | wirst angemeldet haben | you will have registered |
| er/sie/es | wird angemeldet haben | he/she/it will have registered |
| wir | werden angemeldet haben | we will have registered |
| ihr | werdet angemeldet haben | you (pl.) will have registered |
| sie/Sie | werden angemeldet haben | they will have registered |
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 | meldete an |
| du | meldetest an |
| er/sie/es | meldete an |
| wir | meldeten an |
| ihr | meldetet an |
| sie/Sie | meldeten 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 | melde an |
| ihr | meldet an |