ansteigen — German conjugation
to rise
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | steige an | I rise |
| du | steigst an | you rise |
| er/sie/es | steigt an | he/she/it rises |
| wir | steigen an | we rise |
| ihr | steigt an | you (pl.) rise |
| sie/Sie | steigen an | they rise |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | stieg an | I rose |
| du | stiegst an | you rose |
| er/sie/es | stieg an | he/she/it rose |
| wir | stiegen an | we rose |
| ihr | stiegt an | you (pl.) rose |
| sie/Sie | stiegen an | they rose |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | bin angestiegen | I have risen |
| du | bist angestiegen | you have risen |
| er/sie/es | ist angestiegen | he/she/it has risen |
| wir | sind angestiegen | we have risen |
| ihr | seid angestiegen | you (pl.) have risen |
| sie/Sie | sind angestiegen | they have risen |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | war angestiegen | I had risen |
| du | warst angestiegen | you had risen |
| er/sie/es | war angestiegen | he/she/it had risen |
| wir | waren angestiegen | we had risen |
| ihr | wart angestiegen | you (pl.) had risen |
| sie/Sie | waren angestiegen | they had risen |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde ansteigen | I will rise |
| du | wirst ansteigen | you will rise |
| er/sie/es | wird ansteigen | he/she/it will rise |
| wir | werden ansteigen | we will rise |
| ihr | werdet ansteigen | you (pl.) will rise |
| sie/Sie | werden ansteigen | they will rise |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde angestiegen sein | I will have risen |
| du | wirst angestiegen sein | you will have risen |
| er/sie/es | wird angestiegen sein | he/she/it will have risen |
| wir | werden angestiegen sein | we will have risen |
| ihr | werdet angestiegen sein | you (pl.) will have risen |
| sie/Sie | werden angestiegen sein | they will have risen |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | stiege an |
| du | stiegest an |
| er/sie/es | stiege an |
| wir | stiegen an |
| ihr | stieget an |
| sie/Sie | stiegen 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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | steige an |
| ihr | steigt an |