anrichten — German conjugation
to cause (damage); to dress, to prepare (food)
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 | richte an | I cause |
| du | richtest an | you cause |
| er/sie/es | richtet an | he/she/it causes |
| wir | richten an | we cause |
| ihr | richtet an | you (pl.) cause |
| sie/Sie | richten an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | richtete an | I caused |
| du | richtetest an | you caused |
| er/sie/es | richtete an | he/she/it caused |
| wir | richteten an | we caused |
| ihr | richtetet an | you (pl.) caused |
| sie/Sie | richteten an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe angerichtet | I have caused |
| du | hast angerichtet | you have caused |
| er/sie/es | hat angerichtet | he/she/it has caused |
| wir | haben angerichtet | we have caused |
| ihr | habt angerichtet | you (pl.) have caused |
| sie/Sie | haben angerichtet | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte angerichtet | I had caused |
| du | hattest angerichtet | you had caused |
| er/sie/es | hatte angerichtet | he/she/it had caused |
| wir | hatten angerichtet | we had caused |
| ihr | hattet angerichtet | you (pl.) had caused |
| sie/Sie | hatten angerichtet | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde anrichten | I will cause |
| du | wirst anrichten | you will cause |
| er/sie/es | wird anrichten | he/she/it will cause |
| wir | werden anrichten | we will cause |
| ihr | werdet anrichten | you (pl.) will cause |
| sie/Sie | werden anrichten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde angerichtet haben | I will have caused |
| du | wirst angerichtet haben | you will have caused |
| er/sie/es | wird angerichtet haben | he/she/it will have caused |
| wir | werden angerichtet haben | we will have caused |
| ihr | werdet angerichtet haben | you (pl.) will have caused |
| sie/Sie | werden angerichtet haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | richtete an |
| du | richtetest an |
| er/sie/es | richtete an |
| wir | richteten an |
| ihr | richtetet an |
| sie/Sie | richteten 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 | richte an |
| ihr | richtet an |