Conjunation

annehmen — German conjugation

to accept

Frequency#251Irregular

Indicative

Present (Präsens) Irregular

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
ichnehme anI accept
dunimmst anyou accept
er/sie/esnimmt anhe/she/it accepts
wirnehmen anwe accept
ihrnehmt anyou (pl.) accept
sie/Sienehmen anthey accept

Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular

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
ichnahm anI accepted
dunahmst anyou accepted
er/sie/esnahm anhe/she/it accepted
wirnahmen anwe accepted
ihrnahmt anyou (pl.) accepted
sie/Sienahmen anthey accepted

Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular

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 angenommenI have accepted
duhast angenommenyou have accepted
er/sie/eshat angenommenhe/she/it has accepted
wirhaben angenommenwe have accepted
ihrhabt angenommenyou (pl.) have accepted
sie/Siehaben angenommenthey have accepted

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular

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 angenommenI had accepted
duhattest angenommenyou had accepted
er/sie/eshatte angenommenhe/she/it had accepted
wirhatten angenommenwe had accepted
ihrhattet angenommenyou (pl.) had accepted
sie/Siehatten angenommenthey had accepted

Future I (Futur I) Irregular

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 annehmenI will accept
duwirst annehmenyou will accept
er/sie/eswird annehmenhe/she/it will accept
wirwerden annehmenwe will accept
ihrwerdet annehmenyou (pl.) will accept
sie/Siewerden annehmenthey will accept

Future II (Futur II) Irregular

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 angenommen habenI will have accepted
duwirst angenommen habenyou will have accepted
er/sie/eswird angenommen habenhe/she/it will have accepted
wirwerden angenommen habenwe will have accepted
ihrwerdet angenommen habenyou (pl.) will have accepted
sie/Siewerden angenommen habenthey will have accepted

Subjunctive

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular

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
ichnähme an
dunähmest an
er/sie/esnähme an
wirnähmen an
ihrnähmet an
sie/Sienähmen an

Other forms

Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular

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
dunimm an
ihrnehmt an

Verbs near annehmen

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