anregen — German conjugation
to stimulate
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 | rege an | I stimulate |
| du | regst an | you stimulate |
| er/sie/es | regt an | he/she/it stimulates |
| wir | regen an | we stimulate |
| ihr | regt an | you (pl.) stimulate |
| sie/Sie | regen an | they stimulate |
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 | regte an | I stimulated |
| du | regtest an | you stimulated |
| er/sie/es | regte an | he/she/it stimulated |
| wir | regten an | we stimulated |
| ihr | regtet an | you (pl.) stimulated |
| sie/Sie | regten an | they stimulated |
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 angeregt | I have stimulated |
| du | hast angeregt | you have stimulated |
| er/sie/es | hat angeregt | he/she/it has stimulated |
| wir | haben angeregt | we have stimulated |
| ihr | habt angeregt | you (pl.) have stimulated |
| sie/Sie | haben angeregt | they have stimulated |
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 angeregt | I had stimulated |
| du | hattest angeregt | you had stimulated |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeregt | he/she/it had stimulated |
| wir | hatten angeregt | we had stimulated |
| ihr | hattet angeregt | you (pl.) had stimulated |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeregt | they had stimulated |
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 anregen | I will stimulate |
| du | wirst anregen | you will stimulate |
| er/sie/es | wird anregen | he/she/it will stimulate |
| wir | werden anregen | we will stimulate |
| ihr | werdet anregen | you (pl.) will stimulate |
| sie/Sie | werden anregen | they will stimulate |
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 angeregt haben | I will have stimulated |
| du | wirst angeregt haben | you will have stimulated |
| er/sie/es | wird angeregt haben | he/she/it will have stimulated |
| wir | werden angeregt haben | we will have stimulated |
| ihr | werdet angeregt haben | you (pl.) will have stimulated |
| sie/Sie | werden angeregt haben | they will have stimulated |
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 | regte an |
| du | regtest an |
| er/sie/es | regte an |
| wir | regten an |
| ihr | regtet an |
| sie/Sie | regten 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 | rege an |
| ihr | regt an |