ärgern — German conjugation

to annoy, to make angry

Frequency#122Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichärgereI annoy
duärgerstyou annoy
er/sie/esärgerthe/she/it annoys
wirärgernwe annoy
ihrärgertyou (pl.) annoy
sie/Sieärgernthey annoy

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichärgerteI annoyed
duärgertestyou annoyed
er/sie/esärgertehe/she/it annoyed
wirärgertenwe annoyed
ihrärgertetyou (pl.) annoyed
sie/Sieärgertenthey annoyed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe geärgertI have annoyed
duhast geärgertyou have annoyed
er/sie/eshat geärgerthe/she/it has annoyed
wirhaben geärgertwe have annoyed
ihrhabt geärgertyou (pl.) have annoyed
sie/Siehaben geärgertthey have annoyed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte geärgertI had annoyed
duhattest geärgertyou had annoyed
er/sie/eshatte geärgerthe/she/it had annoyed
wirhatten geärgertwe had annoyed
ihrhattet geärgertyou (pl.) had annoyed
sie/Siehatten geärgertthey had annoyed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde ärgernI will annoy
duwirst ärgernyou will annoy
er/sie/eswird ärgernhe/she/it will annoy
wirwerden ärgernwe will annoy
ihrwerdet ärgernyou (pl.) will annoy
sie/Siewerden ärgernthey will annoy

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde geärgert habenI will have annoyed
duwirst geärgert habenyou will have annoyed
er/sie/eswird geärgert habenhe/she/it will have annoyed
wirwerden geärgert habenwe will have annoyed
ihrwerdet geärgert habenyou (pl.) will have annoyed
sie/Siewerden geärgert habenthey will have annoyed

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?

PronounGerman
ichärgerte
duärgertest
er/sie/esärgerte
wirärgerten
ihrärgertet
sie/Sieärgerten

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.

PronounGerman
duärgere
ihrärgert