anstecken — German conjugation
to infect
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 | stecke an | I infect |
| du | steckst an | you infect |
| er/sie/es | steckt an | he/she/it infects |
| wir | stecken an | we infect |
| ihr | steckt an | you (pl.) infect |
| sie/Sie | stecken an | they infect |
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 | steckte an | I infected |
| du | stecktest an | you infected |
| er/sie/es | steckte an | he/she/it infected |
| wir | steckten an | we infected |
| ihr | stecktet an | you (pl.) infected |
| sie/Sie | steckten an | they infected |
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 angesteckt | I have infected |
| du | hast angesteckt | you have infected |
| er/sie/es | hat angesteckt | he/she/it has infected |
| wir | haben angesteckt | we have infected |
| ihr | habt angesteckt | you (pl.) have infected |
| sie/Sie | haben angesteckt | they have infected |
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 angesteckt | I had infected |
| du | hattest angesteckt | you had infected |
| er/sie/es | hatte angesteckt | he/she/it had infected |
| wir | hatten angesteckt | we had infected |
| ihr | hattet angesteckt | you (pl.) had infected |
| sie/Sie | hatten angesteckt | they had infected |
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 anstecken | I will infect |
| du | wirst anstecken | you will infect |
| er/sie/es | wird anstecken | he/she/it will infect |
| wir | werden anstecken | we will infect |
| ihr | werdet anstecken | you (pl.) will infect |
| sie/Sie | werden anstecken | they will infect |
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 angesteckt haben | I will have infected |
| du | wirst angesteckt haben | you will have infected |
| er/sie/es | wird angesteckt haben | he/she/it will have infected |
| wir | werden angesteckt haben | we will have infected |
| ihr | werdet angesteckt haben | you (pl.) will have infected |
| sie/Sie | werden angesteckt haben | they will have infected |
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 | steckte an |
| du | stecktest an |
| er/sie/es | steckte an |
| wir | steckten an |
| ihr | stecktet an |
| sie/Sie | steckten 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 | stecke an |
| ihr | steckt an |