anschneien — German conjugation
to snow on
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 | schneie an | I snow on |
| du | schneist an | you snow on |
| er/sie/es | schneit an | he/she/it snows on |
| wir | schneien an | we snow on |
| ihr | schneit an | you (pl.) snow on |
| sie/Sie | schneien an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | schneite an | I snowed on |
| du | schneitest an | you snowed on |
| er/sie/es | schneite an | he/she/it snowed on |
| wir | schneiten an | we snowed on |
| ihr | schneitet an | you (pl.) snowed on |
| sie/Sie | schneiten an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe angeschneit | I have snowed on |
| du | hast angeschneit | you have snowed on |
| er/sie/es | hat angeschneit | he/she/it has snowed on |
| wir | haben angeschneit | we have snowed on |
| ihr | habt angeschneit | you (pl.) have snowed on |
| sie/Sie | haben angeschneit | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte angeschneit | I had snowed on |
| du | hattest angeschneit | you had snowed on |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeschneit | he/she/it had snowed on |
| wir | hatten angeschneit | we had snowed on |
| ihr | hattet angeschneit | you (pl.) had snowed on |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeschneit | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde anschneien | I will snow on |
| du | wirst anschneien | you will snow on |
| er/sie/es | wird anschneien | he/she/it will snow on |
| wir | werden anschneien | we will snow on |
| ihr | werdet anschneien | you (pl.) will snow on |
| sie/Sie | werden anschneien | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde angeschneit haben | I will have snowed on |
| du | wirst angeschneit haben | you will have snowed on |
| er/sie/es | wird angeschneit haben | he/she/it will have snowed on |
| wir | werden angeschneit haben | we will have snowed on |
| ihr | werdet angeschneit haben | you (pl.) will have snowed on |
| sie/Sie | werden angeschneit haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | schneite an |
| du | schneitest an |
| er/sie/es | schneite an |
| wir | schneiten an |
| ihr | schneitet an |
| sie/Sie | schneiten 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 | schneie an |
| ihr | schneit an |