antragen — German conjugation
to propose
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 | trage an | I propose |
| du | trägst an | you propose |
| er/sie/es | trägt an | he/she/it proposes |
| wir | tragen an | we propose |
| ihr | tragt an | you (pl.) propose |
| sie/Sie | tragen an | they propose |
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 | trug an | I proposed |
| du | trugst an | you proposed |
| er/sie/es | trug an | he/she/it proposed |
| wir | trugen an | we proposed |
| ihr | trugt an | you (pl.) proposed |
| sie/Sie | trugen an | they proposed |
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 | habe angetragen | I have proposed |
| du | hast angetragen | you have proposed |
| er/sie/es | hat angetragen | he/she/it has proposed |
| wir | haben angetragen | we have proposed |
| ihr | habt angetragen | you (pl.) have proposed |
| sie/Sie | haben angetragen | they have proposed |
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 | hatte angetragen | I had proposed |
| du | hattest angetragen | you had proposed |
| er/sie/es | hatte angetragen | he/she/it had proposed |
| wir | hatten angetragen | we had proposed |
| ihr | hattet angetragen | you (pl.) had proposed |
| sie/Sie | hatten angetragen | they had proposed |
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 antragen | I will propose |
| du | wirst antragen | you will propose |
| er/sie/es | wird antragen | he/she/it will propose |
| wir | werden antragen | we will propose |
| ihr | werdet antragen | you (pl.) will propose |
| sie/Sie | werden antragen | they will propose |
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 angetragen haben | I will have proposed |
| du | wirst angetragen haben | you will have proposed |
| er/sie/es | wird angetragen haben | he/she/it will have proposed |
| wir | werden angetragen haben | we will have proposed |
| ihr | werdet angetragen haben | you (pl.) will have proposed |
| sie/Sie | werden angetragen haben | they will have proposed |
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 | trüge an |
| du | trügest an |
| er/sie/es | trüge an |
| wir | trügen an |
| ihr | trüget an |
| sie/Sie | trügen 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 | trage an |
| ihr | tragt an |