beantragen — German conjugation
to apply for
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 | beantrage | I apply for |
| du | beantragst | you apply for |
| er/sie/es | beantragt | he/she/it applies for |
| wir | beantragen | we apply for |
| ihr | beantragt | you (pl.) apply for |
| sie/Sie | beantragen | they apply for |
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 | beantragte | I applied for |
| du | beantragtest | you applied for |
| er/sie/es | beantragte | he/she/it applied for |
| wir | beantragten | we applied for |
| ihr | beantragtet | you (pl.) applied for |
| sie/Sie | beantragten | they applied for |
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 beantragt | I have applied for |
| du | hast beantragt | you have applied for |
| er/sie/es | hat beantragt | he/she/it has applied for |
| wir | haben beantragt | we have applied for |
| ihr | habt beantragt | you (pl.) have applied for |
| sie/Sie | haben beantragt | they have applied for |
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 beantragt | I had applied for |
| du | hattest beantragt | you had applied for |
| er/sie/es | hatte beantragt | he/she/it had applied for |
| wir | hatten beantragt | we had applied for |
| ihr | hattet beantragt | you (pl.) had applied for |
| sie/Sie | hatten beantragt | they had applied for |
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 beantragen | I will apply for |
| du | wirst beantragen | you will apply for |
| er/sie/es | wird beantragen | he/she/it will apply for |
| wir | werden beantragen | we will apply for |
| ihr | werdet beantragen | you (pl.) will apply for |
| sie/Sie | werden beantragen | they will apply for |
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 beantragt haben | I will have applied for |
| du | wirst beantragt haben | you will have applied for |
| er/sie/es | wird beantragt haben | he/she/it will have applied for |
| wir | werden beantragt haben | we will have applied for |
| ihr | werdet beantragt haben | you (pl.) will have applied for |
| sie/Sie | werden beantragt haben | they will have applied for |
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 | beantragte |
| du | beantragtest |
| er/sie/es | beantragte |
| wir | beantragten |
| ihr | beantragtet |
| sie/Sie | beantragten |
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 | beantrage |
| ihr | beantragt |