anmerken — German conjugation

to note

Frequency#1334Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichmerke anI note
dumerkst anyou note
er/sie/esmerkt anhe/she/it notes
wirmerken anwe note
ihrmerkt anyou (pl.) note
sie/Siemerken anthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichmerkte anI noted
dumerktest anyou noted
er/sie/esmerkte anhe/she/it noted
wirmerkten anwe noted
ihrmerktet anyou (pl.) noted
sie/Siemerkten anthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe angemerktI have noted
duhast angemerktyou have noted
er/sie/eshat angemerkthe/she/it has noted
wirhaben angemerktwe have noted
ihrhabt angemerktyou (pl.) have noted
sie/Siehaben angemerktthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte angemerktI had noted
duhattest angemerktyou had noted
er/sie/eshatte angemerkthe/she/it had noted
wirhatten angemerktwe had noted
ihrhattet angemerktyou (pl.) had noted
sie/Siehatten angemerktthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde anmerkenI will note
duwirst anmerkenyou will note
er/sie/eswird anmerkenhe/she/it will note
wirwerden anmerkenwe will note
ihrwerdet anmerkenyou (pl.) will note
sie/Siewerden anmerkenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde angemerkt habenI will have noted
duwirst angemerkt habenyou will have noted
er/sie/eswird angemerkt habenhe/she/it will have noted
wirwerden angemerkt habenwe will have noted
ihrwerdet angemerkt habenyou (pl.) will have noted
sie/Siewerden angemerkt habenthey 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?

PronounGerman
ichmerkte an
dumerktest an
er/sie/esmerkte an
wirmerkten an
ihrmerktet an
sie/Siemerkten 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.

PronounGerman
dumerke an
ihrmerkt an