anmerken — German conjugation
to note
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 | merke an | I note |
| du | merkst an | you note |
| er/sie/es | merkt an | he/she/it notes |
| wir | merken an | we note |
| ihr | merkt an | you (pl.) note |
| sie/Sie | merken an | they note |
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 | merkte an | I noted |
| du | merktest an | you noted |
| er/sie/es | merkte an | he/she/it noted |
| wir | merkten an | we noted |
| ihr | merktet an | you (pl.) noted |
| sie/Sie | merkten an | they noted |
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 angemerkt | I have noted |
| du | hast angemerkt | you have noted |
| er/sie/es | hat angemerkt | he/she/it has noted |
| wir | haben angemerkt | we have noted |
| ihr | habt angemerkt | you (pl.) have noted |
| sie/Sie | haben angemerkt | they have noted |
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 angemerkt | I had noted |
| du | hattest angemerkt | you had noted |
| er/sie/es | hatte angemerkt | he/she/it had noted |
| wir | hatten angemerkt | we had noted |
| ihr | hattet angemerkt | you (pl.) had noted |
| sie/Sie | hatten angemerkt | they had noted |
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 anmerken | I will note |
| du | wirst anmerken | you will note |
| er/sie/es | wird anmerken | he/she/it will note |
| wir | werden anmerken | we will note |
| ihr | werdet anmerken | you (pl.) will note |
| sie/Sie | werden anmerken | they will note |
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 angemerkt haben | I will have noted |
| du | wirst angemerkt haben | you will have noted |
| er/sie/es | wird angemerkt haben | he/she/it will have noted |
| wir | werden angemerkt haben | we will have noted |
| ihr | werdet angemerkt haben | you (pl.) will have noted |
| sie/Sie | werden angemerkt haben | they will have noted |
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 | merkte an |
| du | merktest an |
| er/sie/es | merkte an |
| wir | merkten an |
| ihr | merktet an |
| sie/Sie | merkten 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 | merke an |
| ihr | merkt an |