anzünden — German conjugation
to ignite
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 | zünde an | I ignite |
| du | zündest an | you ignite |
| er/sie/es | zündet an | he/she/it ignites |
| wir | zünden an | we ignite |
| ihr | zündet an | you (pl.) ignite |
| sie/Sie | zünden an | they ignite |
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 | zündete an | I ignited |
| du | zündetest an | you ignited |
| er/sie/es | zündete an | he/she/it ignited |
| wir | zündeten an | we ignited |
| ihr | zündetet an | you (pl.) ignited |
| sie/Sie | zündeten an | they ignited |
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 angezündet | I have ignited |
| du | hast angezündet | you have ignited |
| er/sie/es | hat angezündet | he/she/it has ignited |
| wir | haben angezündet | we have ignited |
| ihr | habt angezündet | you (pl.) have ignited |
| sie/Sie | haben angezündet | they have ignited |
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 angezündet | I had ignited |
| du | hattest angezündet | you had ignited |
| er/sie/es | hatte angezündet | he/she/it had ignited |
| wir | hatten angezündet | we had ignited |
| ihr | hattet angezündet | you (pl.) had ignited |
| sie/Sie | hatten angezündet | they had ignited |
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 anzünden | I will ignite |
| du | wirst anzünden | you will ignite |
| er/sie/es | wird anzünden | he/she/it will ignite |
| wir | werden anzünden | we will ignite |
| ihr | werdet anzünden | you (pl.) will ignite |
| sie/Sie | werden anzünden | they will ignite |
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 angezündet haben | I will have ignited |
| du | wirst angezündet haben | you will have ignited |
| er/sie/es | wird angezündet haben | he/she/it will have ignited |
| wir | werden angezündet haben | we will have ignited |
| ihr | werdet angezündet haben | you (pl.) will have ignited |
| sie/Sie | werden angezündet haben | they will have ignited |
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 | zündete an |
| du | zündetest an |
| er/sie/es | zündete an |
| wir | zündeten an |
| ihr | zündetet an |
| sie/Sie | zündeten 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 | zünde an |
| ihr | zündet an |