anziehen — German conjugation
to put on
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 | ziehe an | I put on |
| du | ziehst an | you put on |
| er/sie/es | zieht an | he/she/it puts on |
| wir | ziehen an | we put on |
| ihr | zieht an | you (pl.) put on |
| sie/Sie | ziehen an | they put on |
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 | zog an | I put on |
| du | zogst an | you put on |
| er/sie/es | zog an | he/she/it put on |
| wir | zogen an | we put on |
| ihr | zogt an | you (pl.) put on |
| sie/Sie | zogen an | they put on |
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 angezogen | I have put on |
| du | hast angezogen | you have put on |
| er/sie/es | hat angezogen | he/she/it has put on |
| wir | haben angezogen | we have put on |
| ihr | habt angezogen | you (pl.) have put on |
| sie/Sie | haben angezogen | they have put on |
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 angezogen | I had put on |
| du | hattest angezogen | you had put on |
| er/sie/es | hatte angezogen | he/she/it had put on |
| wir | hatten angezogen | we had put on |
| ihr | hattet angezogen | you (pl.) had put on |
| sie/Sie | hatten angezogen | they had put on |
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 anziehen | I will put on |
| du | wirst anziehen | you will put on |
| er/sie/es | wird anziehen | he/she/it will put on |
| wir | werden anziehen | we will put on |
| ihr | werdet anziehen | you (pl.) will put on |
| sie/Sie | werden anziehen | they will put on |
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 angezogen haben | I will have put on |
| du | wirst angezogen haben | you will have put on |
| er/sie/es | wird angezogen haben | he/she/it will have put on |
| wir | werden angezogen haben | we will have put on |
| ihr | werdet angezogen haben | you (pl.) will have put on |
| sie/Sie | werden angezogen haben | they will have put on |
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 | zöge an |
| du | zögest an |
| er/sie/es | zöge an |
| wir | zögen an |
| ihr | zöget an |
| sie/Sie | zögen 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 | ziehe an |
| ihr | zieht an |