anschließen — German conjugation

to connect, to attach

Frequency#474Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichschließe anI connect
duschließt anyou connect
er/sie/esschließt anhe/she/it connects
wirschließen anwe connect
ihrschließt anyou (pl.) connect
sie/Sieschließen anthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichschloss anI connected
duschlossest anyou connected
er/sie/esschloss anhe/she/it connected
wirschlossen anwe connected
ihrschlosst anyou (pl.) connected
sie/Sieschlossen anthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe angeschlossenI have connected
duhast angeschlossenyou have connected
er/sie/eshat angeschlossenhe/she/it has connected
wirhaben angeschlossenwe have connected
ihrhabt angeschlossenyou (pl.) have connected
sie/Siehaben angeschlossenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte angeschlossenI had connected
duhattest angeschlossenyou had connected
er/sie/eshatte angeschlossenhe/she/it had connected
wirhatten angeschlossenwe had connected
ihrhattet angeschlossenyou (pl.) had connected
sie/Siehatten angeschlossenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde anschließenI will connect
duwirst anschließenyou will connect
er/sie/eswird anschließenhe/she/it will connect
wirwerden anschließenwe will connect
ihrwerdet anschließenyou (pl.) will connect
sie/Siewerden anschließenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde angeschlossen habenI will have connected
duwirst angeschlossen habenyou will have connected
er/sie/eswird angeschlossen habenhe/she/it will have connected
wirwerden angeschlossen habenwe will have connected
ihrwerdet angeschlossen habenyou (pl.) will have connected
sie/Siewerden angeschlossen habenthey 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?

PronounGerman
ichschlösse an
duschlössest an
er/sie/esschlösse an
wirschlössen an
ihrschlösset an
sie/Sieschlössen 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.

PronounGerman
duschließe an
ihrschließt an