anpassen — German conjugation
to adjust
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 | passe an | I adjust |
| du | passt an | you adjust |
| er/sie/es | passt an | he/she/it adjusts |
| wir | passen an | we adjust |
| ihr | passt an | you (pl.) adjust |
| sie/Sie | passen an | they adjust |
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 | passte an | I adjusted |
| du | passtest an | you adjusted |
| er/sie/es | passte an | he/she/it adjusted |
| wir | passten an | we adjusted |
| ihr | passtet an | you (pl.) adjusted |
| sie/Sie | passten an | they adjusted |
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 angepasst | I have adjusted |
| du | hast angepasst | you have adjusted |
| er/sie/es | hat angepasst | he/she/it has adjusted |
| wir | haben angepasst | we have adjusted |
| ihr | habt angepasst | you (pl.) have adjusted |
| sie/Sie | haben angepasst | they have adjusted |
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 angepasst | I had adjusted |
| du | hattest angepasst | you had adjusted |
| er/sie/es | hatte angepasst | he/she/it had adjusted |
| wir | hatten angepasst | we had adjusted |
| ihr | hattet angepasst | you (pl.) had adjusted |
| sie/Sie | hatten angepasst | they had adjusted |
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 anpassen | I will adjust |
| du | wirst anpassen | you will adjust |
| er/sie/es | wird anpassen | he/she/it will adjust |
| wir | werden anpassen | we will adjust |
| ihr | werdet anpassen | you (pl.) will adjust |
| sie/Sie | werden anpassen | they will adjust |
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 angepasst haben | I will have adjusted |
| du | wirst angepasst haben | you will have adjusted |
| er/sie/es | wird angepasst haben | he/she/it will have adjusted |
| wir | werden angepasst haben | we will have adjusted |
| ihr | werdet angepasst haben | you (pl.) will have adjusted |
| sie/Sie | werden angepasst haben | they will have adjusted |
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 | passte an |
| du | passtest an |
| er/sie/es | passte an |
| wir | passten an |
| ihr | passtet an |
| sie/Sie | passten 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 | passe an |
| ihr | passt an |