managen — German conjugation

to manage

Frequency#1059Regular

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
ichmanageI manage
dumanagstyou manage
er/sie/esmanagthe/she/it manages
wirmanagenwe manage
ihrmanagtyou (pl.) manage
sie/Siemanagenthey manage

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
ichmanagteI managed
dumanagtestyou managed
er/sie/esmanagtehe/she/it managed
wirmanagtenwe managed
ihrmanagtetyou (pl.) managed
sie/Siemanagtenthey managed

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 gemanagtI have managed
duhast gemanagtyou have managed
er/sie/eshat gemanagthe/she/it has managed
wirhaben gemanagtwe have managed
ihrhabt gemanagtyou (pl.) have managed
sie/Siehaben gemanagtthey have managed

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 gemanagtI had managed
duhattest gemanagtyou had managed
er/sie/eshatte gemanagthe/she/it had managed
wirhatten gemanagtwe had managed
ihrhattet gemanagtyou (pl.) had managed
sie/Siehatten gemanagtthey had managed

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 managenI will manage
duwirst managenyou will manage
er/sie/eswird managenhe/she/it will manage
wirwerden managenwe will manage
ihrwerdet managenyou (pl.) will manage
sie/Siewerden managenthey will manage

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

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
ichmanagte
dumanagtest
er/sie/esmanagte
wirmanagten
ihrmanagtet
sie/Siemanagten

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
dumanage
ihrmanagt