einladen — German conjugation

to invite

Frequency#141Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichlade einI invite
dulädst einyou invite
er/sie/eslädt einhe/she/it invites
wirladen einwe invite
ihrladet einyou (pl.) invite
sie/Sieladen einthey invite

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichlud einI invited
duludest einyou invited
er/sie/eslud einhe/she/it invited
wirluden einwe invited
ihrludet einyou (pl.) invited
sie/Sieluden einthey invited

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe eingeladenI have invited
duhast eingeladenyou have invited
er/sie/eshat eingeladenhe/she/it has invited
wirhaben eingeladenwe have invited
ihrhabt eingeladenyou (pl.) have invited
sie/Siehaben eingeladenthey have invited

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte eingeladenI had invited
duhattest eingeladenyou had invited
er/sie/eshatte eingeladenhe/she/it had invited
wirhatten eingeladenwe had invited
ihrhattet eingeladenyou (pl.) had invited
sie/Siehatten eingeladenthey had invited

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde einladenI will invite
duwirst einladenyou will invite
er/sie/eswird einladenhe/she/it will invite
wirwerden einladenwe will invite
ihrwerdet einladenyou (pl.) will invite
sie/Siewerden einladenthey will invite

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.

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

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?

PronounGerman
ichlüde ein
dulüdest ein
er/sie/eslüde ein
wirlüden ein
ihrlüdet ein
sie/Sielüden ein

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.

PronounGerman
dulade ein
ihrladet ein