melden — German conjugation

to report

Frequency#99Regular

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
ichmeldeI report
dumeldestyou report
er/sie/esmeldethe/she/it reports
wirmeldenwe report
ihrmeldetyou (pl.) report
sie/Siemeldenthey report

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
ichmeldeteI reported
dumeldetestyou reported
er/sie/esmeldetehe/she/it reported
wirmeldetenwe reported
ihrmeldetetyou (pl.) reported
sie/Siemeldetenthey reported

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 gemeldetI have reported
duhast gemeldetyou have reported
er/sie/eshat gemeldethe/she/it has reported
wirhaben gemeldetwe have reported
ihrhabt gemeldetyou (pl.) have reported
sie/Siehaben gemeldetthey have reported

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 gemeldetI had reported
duhattest gemeldetyou had reported
er/sie/eshatte gemeldethe/she/it had reported
wirhatten gemeldetwe had reported
ihrhattet gemeldetyou (pl.) had reported
sie/Siehatten gemeldetthey had reported

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 meldenI will report
duwirst meldenyou will report
er/sie/eswird meldenhe/she/it will report
wirwerden meldenwe will report
ihrwerdet meldenyou (pl.) will report
sie/Siewerden meldenthey will report

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

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
ichmeldete
dumeldetest
er/sie/esmeldete
wirmeldeten
ihrmeldetet
sie/Siemeldeten

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
dumelde
ihrmeldet