anrichten — German conjugation

to cause (damage); to dress, to prepare (food)

Frequency#1561Regular

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
ichrichte anI cause
durichtest anyou cause
er/sie/esrichtet anhe/she/it causes
wirrichten anwe cause
ihrrichtet anyou (pl.) cause
sie/Sierichten anthey cause

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
ichrichtete anI caused
durichtetest anyou caused
er/sie/esrichtete anhe/she/it caused
wirrichteten anwe caused
ihrrichtetet anyou (pl.) caused
sie/Sierichteten anthey caused

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 angerichtetI have caused
duhast angerichtetyou have caused
er/sie/eshat angerichtethe/she/it has caused
wirhaben angerichtetwe have caused
ihrhabt angerichtetyou (pl.) have caused
sie/Siehaben angerichtetthey have caused

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 angerichtetI had caused
duhattest angerichtetyou had caused
er/sie/eshatte angerichtethe/she/it had caused
wirhatten angerichtetwe had caused
ihrhattet angerichtetyou (pl.) had caused
sie/Siehatten angerichtetthey had caused

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 anrichtenI will cause
duwirst anrichtenyou will cause
er/sie/eswird anrichtenhe/she/it will cause
wirwerden anrichtenwe will cause
ihrwerdet anrichtenyou (pl.) will cause
sie/Siewerden anrichtenthey will cause

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

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
ichrichtete an
durichtetest an
er/sie/esrichtete an
wirrichteten an
ihrrichtetet an
sie/Sierichteten 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
durichte an
ihrrichtet an