erbosen — German conjugation

to anger

Frequency#1958Regular

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
icherboseI anger
duerbostyou anger
er/sie/eserbosthe/she/it angers
wirerbosenwe anger
ihrerbostyou (pl.) anger
sie/Sieerbosenthey anger

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
icherbosteI angered
duerbostestyou angered
er/sie/eserbostehe/she/it angered
wirerbostenwe angered
ihrerbostetyou (pl.) angered
sie/Sieerbostenthey angered

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 erbostI have angered
duhast erbostyou have angered
er/sie/eshat erbosthe/she/it has angered
wirhaben erbostwe have angered
ihrhabt erbostyou (pl.) have angered
sie/Siehaben erbostthey have angered

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 erbostI had angered
duhattest erbostyou had angered
er/sie/eshatte erbosthe/she/it had angered
wirhatten erbostwe had angered
ihrhattet erbostyou (pl.) had angered
sie/Siehatten erbostthey had angered

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 erbosenI will anger
duwirst erbosenyou will anger
er/sie/eswird erbosenhe/she/it will anger
wirwerden erbosenwe will anger
ihrwerdet erbosenyou (pl.) will anger
sie/Siewerden erbosenthey will anger

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 erbost habenI will have angered
duwirst erbost habenyou will have angered
er/sie/eswird erbost habenhe/she/it will have angered
wirwerden erbost habenwe will have angered
ihrwerdet erbost habenyou (pl.) will have angered
sie/Siewerden erbost habenthey will have angered

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
icherboste
duerbostest
er/sie/eserboste
wirerbosten
ihrerbostet
sie/Sieerbosten

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
duerbose
ihrerbost