anschnallen — German conjugation
to buckle up, to fasten (a seatbelt)
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 | schnalle an | I buckle up |
| du | schnallst an | you buckle up |
| er/sie/es | schnallt an | he/she/it buckles up |
| wir | schnallen an | we buckle up |
| ihr | schnallt an | you (pl.) buckle up |
| sie/Sie | schnallen an | they buckle up |
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 | schnallte an | I buckled up |
| du | schnalltest an | you buckled up |
| er/sie/es | schnallte an | he/she/it buckled up |
| wir | schnallten an | we buckled up |
| ihr | schnalltet an | you (pl.) buckled up |
| sie/Sie | schnallten an | they buckled up |
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 angeschnallt | I have buckled up |
| du | hast angeschnallt | you have buckled up |
| er/sie/es | hat angeschnallt | he/she/it has buckled up |
| wir | haben angeschnallt | we have buckled up |
| ihr | habt angeschnallt | you (pl.) have buckled up |
| sie/Sie | haben angeschnallt | they have buckled up |
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 angeschnallt | I had buckled up |
| du | hattest angeschnallt | you had buckled up |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeschnallt | he/she/it had buckled up |
| wir | hatten angeschnallt | we had buckled up |
| ihr | hattet angeschnallt | you (pl.) had buckled up |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeschnallt | they had buckled up |
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 anschnallen | I will buckle up |
| du | wirst anschnallen | you will buckle up |
| er/sie/es | wird anschnallen | he/she/it will buckle up |
| wir | werden anschnallen | we will buckle up |
| ihr | werdet anschnallen | you (pl.) will buckle up |
| sie/Sie | werden anschnallen | they will buckle up |
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 angeschnallt haben | I will have buckled up |
| du | wirst angeschnallt haben | you will have buckled up |
| er/sie/es | wird angeschnallt haben | he/she/it will have buckled up |
| wir | werden angeschnallt haben | we will have buckled up |
| ihr | werdet angeschnallt haben | you (pl.) will have buckled up |
| sie/Sie | werden angeschnallt haben | they will have buckled up |
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 | schnallte an |
| du | schnalltest an |
| er/sie/es | schnallte an |
| wir | schnallten an |
| ihr | schnalltet an |
| sie/Sie | schnallten 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 | schnalle an |
| ihr | schnallt an |