notieren — German conjugation
to note, to note down, to write down, to jot down
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | notiere | I note |
| du | notierst | you note |
| er/sie/es | notiert | he/she/it notes |
| wir | notieren | we note |
| ihr | notiert | you (pl.) note |
| sie/Sie | notieren | they note |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | notierte | I noted |
| du | notiertest | you noted |
| er/sie/es | notierte | he/she/it noted |
| wir | notierten | we noted |
| ihr | notiertet | you (pl.) noted |
| sie/Sie | notierten | they noted |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe notiert | I have noted |
| du | hast notiert | you have noted |
| er/sie/es | hat notiert | he/she/it has noted |
| wir | haben notiert | we have noted |
| ihr | habt notiert | you (pl.) have noted |
| sie/Sie | haben notiert | they have noted |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte notiert | I had noted |
| du | hattest notiert | you had noted |
| er/sie/es | hatte notiert | he/she/it had noted |
| wir | hatten notiert | we had noted |
| ihr | hattet notiert | you (pl.) had noted |
| sie/Sie | hatten notiert | they had noted |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde notieren | I will note |
| du | wirst notieren | you will note |
| er/sie/es | wird notieren | he/she/it will note |
| wir | werden notieren | we will note |
| ihr | werdet notieren | you (pl.) will note |
| sie/Sie | werden notieren | they will note |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde notiert haben | I will have noted |
| du | wirst notiert haben | you will have noted |
| er/sie/es | wird notiert haben | he/she/it will have noted |
| wir | werden notiert haben | we will have noted |
| ihr | werdet notiert haben | you (pl.) will have noted |
| sie/Sie | werden notiert haben | they will have noted |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | notierte |
| du | notiertest |
| er/sie/es | notierte |
| wir | notierten |
| ihr | notiertet |
| sie/Sie | notierten |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | notiere |
| ihr | notiert |