ansagen — German conjugation
to announce
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 | sage an | I announce |
| du | sagst an | you announce |
| er/sie/es | sagt an | he/she/it announces |
| wir | sagen an | we announce |
| ihr | sagt an | you (pl.) announce |
| sie/Sie | sagen an | they announce |
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 | sagte an | I announced |
| du | sagtest an | you announced |
| er/sie/es | sagte an | he/she/it announced |
| wir | sagten an | we announced |
| ihr | sagtet an | you (pl.) announced |
| sie/Sie | sagten an | they announced |
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 angesagt | I have announced |
| du | hast angesagt | you have announced |
| er/sie/es | hat angesagt | he/she/it has announced |
| wir | haben angesagt | we have announced |
| ihr | habt angesagt | you (pl.) have announced |
| sie/Sie | haben angesagt | they have announced |
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 angesagt | I had announced |
| du | hattest angesagt | you had announced |
| er/sie/es | hatte angesagt | he/she/it had announced |
| wir | hatten angesagt | we had announced |
| ihr | hattet angesagt | you (pl.) had announced |
| sie/Sie | hatten angesagt | they had announced |
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 ansagen | I will announce |
| du | wirst ansagen | you will announce |
| er/sie/es | wird ansagen | he/she/it will announce |
| wir | werden ansagen | we will announce |
| ihr | werdet ansagen | you (pl.) will announce |
| sie/Sie | werden ansagen | they will announce |
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 angesagt haben | I will have announced |
| du | wirst angesagt haben | you will have announced |
| er/sie/es | wird angesagt haben | he/she/it will have announced |
| wir | werden angesagt haben | we will have announced |
| ihr | werdet angesagt haben | you (pl.) will have announced |
| sie/Sie | werden angesagt haben | they will have announced |
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 | sagte an |
| du | sagtest an |
| er/sie/es | sagte an |
| wir | sagten an |
| ihr | sagtet an |
| sie/Sie | sagten 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 | sage an |
| ihr | sagt an |