anschlagen — German conjugation
to hit, to strike
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | schlage an | I hit |
| du | schlägst an | you hit |
| er/sie/es | schlägt an | he/she/it hits |
| wir | schlagen an | we hit |
| ihr | schlagt an | you (pl.) hit |
| sie/Sie | schlagen an | they hit |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | schlug an | I hit |
| du | schlugst an | you hit |
| er/sie/es | schlug an | he/she/it hit |
| wir | schlugen an | we hit |
| ihr | schlugt an | you (pl.) hit |
| sie/Sie | schlugen an | they hit |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 angeschlagen | I have hit |
| du | hast angeschlagen | you have hit |
| er/sie/es | hat angeschlagen | he/she/it has hit |
| wir | haben angeschlagen | we have hit |
| ihr | habt angeschlagen | you (pl.) have hit |
| sie/Sie | haben angeschlagen | they have hit |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 angeschlagen | I had hit |
| du | hattest angeschlagen | you had hit |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeschlagen | he/she/it had hit |
| wir | hatten angeschlagen | we had hit |
| ihr | hattet angeschlagen | you (pl.) had hit |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeschlagen | they had hit |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 anschlagen | I will hit |
| du | wirst anschlagen | you will hit |
| er/sie/es | wird anschlagen | he/she/it will hit |
| wir | werden anschlagen | we will hit |
| ihr | werdet anschlagen | you (pl.) will hit |
| sie/Sie | werden anschlagen | they will hit |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 angeschlagen haben | I will have hit |
| du | wirst angeschlagen haben | you will have hit |
| er/sie/es | wird angeschlagen haben | he/she/it will have hit |
| wir | werden angeschlagen haben | we will have hit |
| ihr | werdet angeschlagen haben | you (pl.) will have hit |
| sie/Sie | werden angeschlagen haben | they will have hit |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | schlüge an |
| du | schlügest an |
| er/sie/es | schlüge an |
| wir | schlügen an |
| ihr | schlüget an |
| sie/Sie | schlügen an |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | schlage an |
| ihr | schlagt an |