anordnen — German conjugation
to arrange
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 | ordne an | I arrange |
| du | ordnest an | you arrange |
| er/sie/es | ordnet an | he/she/it arranges |
| wir | ordnen an | we arrange |
| ihr | ordnet an | you (pl.) arrange |
| sie/Sie | ordnen an | they arrange |
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 | ordnete an | I arranged |
| du | ordnetest an | you arranged |
| er/sie/es | ordnete an | he/she/it arranged |
| wir | ordneten an | we arranged |
| ihr | ordnetet an | you (pl.) arranged |
| sie/Sie | ordneten an | they arranged |
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 angeordnet | I have arranged |
| du | hast angeordnet | you have arranged |
| er/sie/es | hat angeordnet | he/she/it has arranged |
| wir | haben angeordnet | we have arranged |
| ihr | habt angeordnet | you (pl.) have arranged |
| sie/Sie | haben angeordnet | they have arranged |
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 angeordnet | I had arranged |
| du | hattest angeordnet | you had arranged |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeordnet | he/she/it had arranged |
| wir | hatten angeordnet | we had arranged |
| ihr | hattet angeordnet | you (pl.) had arranged |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeordnet | they had arranged |
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 anordnen | I will arrange |
| du | wirst anordnen | you will arrange |
| er/sie/es | wird anordnen | he/she/it will arrange |
| wir | werden anordnen | we will arrange |
| ihr | werdet anordnen | you (pl.) will arrange |
| sie/Sie | werden anordnen | they will arrange |
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 angeordnet haben | I will have arranged |
| du | wirst angeordnet haben | you will have arranged |
| er/sie/es | wird angeordnet haben | he/she/it will have arranged |
| wir | werden angeordnet haben | we will have arranged |
| ihr | werdet angeordnet haben | you (pl.) will have arranged |
| sie/Sie | werden angeordnet haben | they will have arranged |
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 | ordnete an |
| du | ordnetest an |
| er/sie/es | ordnete an |
| wir | ordneten an |
| ihr | ordnetet an |
| sie/Sie | ordneten 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 | ordne an |
| ihr | ordnet an |