anschließen — German conjugation
to connect, to attach
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 | schließe an | I connect |
| du | schließt an | you connect |
| er/sie/es | schließt an | he/she/it connects |
| wir | schließen an | we connect |
| ihr | schließt an | you (pl.) connect |
| sie/Sie | schließen an | they connect |
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 | schloss an | I connected |
| du | schlossest an | you connected |
| er/sie/es | schloss an | he/she/it connected |
| wir | schlossen an | we connected |
| ihr | schlosst an | you (pl.) connected |
| sie/Sie | schlossen an | they connected |
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 angeschlossen | I have connected |
| du | hast angeschlossen | you have connected |
| er/sie/es | hat angeschlossen | he/she/it has connected |
| wir | haben angeschlossen | we have connected |
| ihr | habt angeschlossen | you (pl.) have connected |
| sie/Sie | haben angeschlossen | they have connected |
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 angeschlossen | I had connected |
| du | hattest angeschlossen | you had connected |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeschlossen | he/she/it had connected |
| wir | hatten angeschlossen | we had connected |
| ihr | hattet angeschlossen | you (pl.) had connected |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeschlossen | they had connected |
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 anschließen | I will connect |
| du | wirst anschließen | you will connect |
| er/sie/es | wird anschließen | he/she/it will connect |
| wir | werden anschließen | we will connect |
| ihr | werdet anschließen | you (pl.) will connect |
| sie/Sie | werden anschließen | they will connect |
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 angeschlossen haben | I will have connected |
| du | wirst angeschlossen haben | you will have connected |
| er/sie/es | wird angeschlossen haben | he/she/it will have connected |
| wir | werden angeschlossen haben | we will have connected |
| ihr | werdet angeschlossen haben | you (pl.) will have connected |
| sie/Sie | werden angeschlossen haben | they will have connected |
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 | schlösse an |
| du | schlössest an |
| er/sie/es | schlösse an |
| wir | schlössen an |
| ihr | schlösset an |
| sie/Sie | schlössen 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 | schließe an |
| ihr | schließt an |