antasten — German conjugation
to touch, handle, attack
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 | taste an | I touch |
| du | tastest an | you touch |
| er/sie/es | tastet an | he/she/it touches |
| wir | tasten an | we touch |
| ihr | tastet an | you (pl.) touch |
| sie/Sie | tasten an | they touch |
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 | tastete an | I touched |
| du | tastetest an | you touched |
| er/sie/es | tastete an | he/she/it touched |
| wir | tasteten an | we touched |
| ihr | tastetet an | you (pl.) touched |
| sie/Sie | tasteten an | they touched |
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 angetastet | I have touched |
| du | hast angetastet | you have touched |
| er/sie/es | hat angetastet | he/she/it has touched |
| wir | haben angetastet | we have touched |
| ihr | habt angetastet | you (pl.) have touched |
| sie/Sie | haben angetastet | they have touched |
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 angetastet | I had touched |
| du | hattest angetastet | you had touched |
| er/sie/es | hatte angetastet | he/she/it had touched |
| wir | hatten angetastet | we had touched |
| ihr | hattet angetastet | you (pl.) had touched |
| sie/Sie | hatten angetastet | they had touched |
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 antasten | I will touch |
| du | wirst antasten | you will touch |
| er/sie/es | wird antasten | he/she/it will touch |
| wir | werden antasten | we will touch |
| ihr | werdet antasten | you (pl.) will touch |
| sie/Sie | werden antasten | they will touch |
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 angetastet haben | I will have touched |
| du | wirst angetastet haben | you will have touched |
| er/sie/es | wird angetastet haben | he/she/it will have touched |
| wir | werden angetastet haben | we will have touched |
| ihr | werdet angetastet haben | you (pl.) will have touched |
| sie/Sie | werden angetastet haben | they will have touched |
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 | tastete an |
| du | tastetest an |
| er/sie/es | tastete an |
| wir | tasteten an |
| ihr | tastetet an |
| sie/Sie | tasteten 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 | taste an |
| ihr | tastet an |