anschneien — German conjugation

to snow on

Frequency#1740Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichschneie anI snow on
duschneist anyou snow on
er/sie/esschneit anhe/she/it snows on
wirschneien anwe snow on
ihrschneit anyou (pl.) snow on
sie/Sieschneien anthey snow on

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichschneite anI snowed on
duschneitest anyou snowed on
er/sie/esschneite anhe/she/it snowed on
wirschneiten anwe snowed on
ihrschneitet anyou (pl.) snowed on
sie/Sieschneiten anthey snowed on

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe angeschneitI have snowed on
duhast angeschneityou have snowed on
er/sie/eshat angeschneithe/she/it has snowed on
wirhaben angeschneitwe have snowed on
ihrhabt angeschneityou (pl.) have snowed on
sie/Siehaben angeschneitthey have snowed on

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte angeschneitI had snowed on
duhattest angeschneityou had snowed on
er/sie/eshatte angeschneithe/she/it had snowed on
wirhatten angeschneitwe had snowed on
ihrhattet angeschneityou (pl.) had snowed on
sie/Siehatten angeschneitthey had snowed on

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde anschneienI will snow on
duwirst anschneienyou will snow on
er/sie/eswird anschneienhe/she/it will snow on
wirwerden anschneienwe will snow on
ihrwerdet anschneienyou (pl.) will snow on
sie/Siewerden anschneienthey will snow on

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde angeschneit habenI will have snowed on
duwirst angeschneit habenyou will have snowed on
er/sie/eswird angeschneit habenhe/she/it will have snowed on
wirwerden angeschneit habenwe will have snowed on
ihrwerdet angeschneit habenyou (pl.) will have snowed on
sie/Siewerden angeschneit habenthey will have snowed on

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?

PronounGerman
ichschneite an
duschneitest an
er/sie/esschneite an
wirschneiten an
ihrschneitet an
sie/Sieschneiten 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.

PronounGerman
duschneie an
ihrschneit an