anweisen — German conjugation
to instruct
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 | weise an | I instruct |
| du | weist an | you instruct |
| er/sie/es | weist an | he/she/it instructs |
| wir | weisen an | we instruct |
| ihr | weist an | you (pl.) instruct |
| sie/Sie | weisen an | they instruct |
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 | wies an | I instructed |
| du | wiesest an | you instructed |
| er/sie/es | wies an | he/she/it instructed |
| wir | wiesen an | we instructed |
| ihr | wiest an | you (pl.) instructed |
| sie/Sie | wiesen an | they instructed |
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 angewiesen | I have instructed |
| du | hast angewiesen | you have instructed |
| er/sie/es | hat angewiesen | he/she/it has instructed |
| wir | haben angewiesen | we have instructed |
| ihr | habt angewiesen | you (pl.) have instructed |
| sie/Sie | haben angewiesen | they have instructed |
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 angewiesen | I had instructed |
| du | hattest angewiesen | you had instructed |
| er/sie/es | hatte angewiesen | he/she/it had instructed |
| wir | hatten angewiesen | we had instructed |
| ihr | hattet angewiesen | you (pl.) had instructed |
| sie/Sie | hatten angewiesen | they had instructed |
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 anweisen | I will instruct |
| du | wirst anweisen | you will instruct |
| er/sie/es | wird anweisen | he/she/it will instruct |
| wir | werden anweisen | we will instruct |
| ihr | werdet anweisen | you (pl.) will instruct |
| sie/Sie | werden anweisen | they will instruct |
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 angewiesen haben | I will have instructed |
| du | wirst angewiesen haben | you will have instructed |
| er/sie/es | wird angewiesen haben | he/she/it will have instructed |
| wir | werden angewiesen haben | we will have instructed |
| ihr | werdet angewiesen haben | you (pl.) will have instructed |
| sie/Sie | werden angewiesen haben | they will have instructed |
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 | wiese an |
| du | wiesest an |
| er/sie/es | wiese an |
| wir | wiesen an |
| ihr | wieset an |
| sie/Sie | wiesen 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 | weise an |
| ihr | weist an |