kundgeben — German conjugation
to announce
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gebe kund | I announce |
| du | gibstst kund | you announce |
| er/sie/es | gibst kund | he/she/it announces |
| wir | geben kund | we announce |
| ihr | gebt kund | you (pl.) announce |
| sie/Sie | geben kund | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gab kund | I announced |
| du | gabst kund | you announced |
| er/sie/es | gab kund | he/she/it announced |
| wir | gaben kund | we announced |
| ihr | gabt kund | you (pl.) announced |
| sie/Sie | gaben kund | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe kundgegeben | I have announced |
| du | hast kundgegeben | you have announced |
| er/sie/es | hat kundgegeben | he/she/it has announced |
| wir | haben kundgegeben | we have announced |
| ihr | habt kundgegeben | you (pl.) have announced |
| sie/Sie | haben kundgegeben | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte kundgegeben | I had announced |
| du | hattest kundgegeben | you had announced |
| er/sie/es | hatte kundgegeben | he/she/it had announced |
| wir | hatten kundgegeben | we had announced |
| ihr | hattet kundgegeben | you (pl.) had announced |
| sie/Sie | hatten kundgegeben | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde kundgeben | I will announce |
| du | wirst kundgeben | you will announce |
| er/sie/es | wird kundgeben | he/she/it will announce |
| wir | werden kundgeben | we will announce |
| ihr | werdet kundgeben | you (pl.) will announce |
| sie/Sie | werden kundgeben | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde kundgegeben haben | I will have announced |
| du | wirst kundgegeben haben | you will have announced |
| er/sie/es | wird kundgegeben haben | he/she/it will have announced |
| wir | werden kundgegeben haben | we will have announced |
| ihr | werdet kundgegeben haben | you (pl.) will have announced |
| sie/Sie | werden kundgegeben haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | gäbe kund |
| du | gäbest kund |
| er/sie/es | gäbe kund |
| wir | gäben kund |
| ihr | gäbet kund |
| sie/Sie | gäben 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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | gibst kund |
| ihr | gebt kund |