kundgeben — German conjugation

to announce

Frequency#2049Irregular

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
ichgebe kundI announce
dugibstst kundyou announce
er/sie/esgibst kundhe/she/it announces
wirgeben kundwe announce
ihrgebt kundyou (pl.) announce
sie/Siegeben kundthey announce

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
ichgab kundI announced
dugabst kundyou announced
er/sie/esgab kundhe/she/it announced
wirgaben kundwe announced
ihrgabt kundyou (pl.) announced
sie/Siegaben kundthey announced

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 kundgegebenI have announced
duhast kundgegebenyou have announced
er/sie/eshat kundgegebenhe/she/it has announced
wirhaben kundgegebenwe have announced
ihrhabt kundgegebenyou (pl.) have announced
sie/Siehaben kundgegebenthey have announced

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 kundgegebenI had announced
duhattest kundgegebenyou had announced
er/sie/eshatte kundgegebenhe/she/it had announced
wirhatten kundgegebenwe had announced
ihrhattet kundgegebenyou (pl.) had announced
sie/Siehatten kundgegebenthey had announced

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 kundgebenI will announce
duwirst kundgebenyou will announce
er/sie/eswird kundgebenhe/she/it will announce
wirwerden kundgebenwe will announce
ihrwerdet kundgebenyou (pl.) will announce
sie/Siewerden kundgebenthey will announce

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

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
ichgäbe kund
dugäbest kund
er/sie/esgäbe kund
wirgäben kund
ihrgäbet kund
sie/Siegäben kund

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
dugibst kund
ihrgebt kund