anstellen — German conjugation
to employ
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 | stelle an | I employ |
| du | stellst an | you employ |
| er/sie/es | stellt an | he/she/it employs |
| wir | stellen an | we employ |
| ihr | stellt an | you (pl.) employ |
| sie/Sie | stellen an | they employ |
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 | stellte an | I employed |
| du | stelltest an | you employed |
| er/sie/es | stellte an | he/she/it employed |
| wir | stellten an | we employed |
| ihr | stelltet an | you (pl.) employed |
| sie/Sie | stellten an | they employed |
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 angestellt | I have employed |
| du | hast angestellt | you have employed |
| er/sie/es | hat angestellt | he/she/it has employed |
| wir | haben angestellt | we have employed |
| ihr | habt angestellt | you (pl.) have employed |
| sie/Sie | haben angestellt | they have employed |
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 angestellt | I had employed |
| du | hattest angestellt | you had employed |
| er/sie/es | hatte angestellt | he/she/it had employed |
| wir | hatten angestellt | we had employed |
| ihr | hattet angestellt | you (pl.) had employed |
| sie/Sie | hatten angestellt | they had employed |
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 anstellen | I will employ |
| du | wirst anstellen | you will employ |
| er/sie/es | wird anstellen | he/she/it will employ |
| wir | werden anstellen | we will employ |
| ihr | werdet anstellen | you (pl.) will employ |
| sie/Sie | werden anstellen | they will employ |
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 angestellt haben | I will have employed |
| du | wirst angestellt haben | you will have employed |
| er/sie/es | wird angestellt haben | he/she/it will have employed |
| wir | werden angestellt haben | we will have employed |
| ihr | werdet angestellt haben | you (pl.) will have employed |
| sie/Sie | werden angestellt haben | they will have employed |
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 | stellte an |
| du | stelltest an |
| er/sie/es | stellte an |
| wir | stellten an |
| ihr | stelltet an |
| sie/Sie | stellten 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 | stelle an |
| ihr | stellt an |