planen — German conjugation
to plan
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 | plane | I plan |
| du | planst | you plan |
| er/sie/es | plant | he/she/it plans |
| wir | planen | we plan |
| ihr | plant | you (pl.) plan |
| sie/Sie | planen | they plan |
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 | plante | I planned |
| du | plantest | you planned |
| er/sie/es | plante | he/she/it planned |
| wir | planten | we planned |
| ihr | plantet | you (pl.) planned |
| sie/Sie | planten | they planned |
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 geplant | I have planned |
| du | hast geplant | you have planned |
| er/sie/es | hat geplant | he/she/it has planned |
| wir | haben geplant | we have planned |
| ihr | habt geplant | you (pl.) have planned |
| sie/Sie | haben geplant | they have planned |
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 geplant | I had planned |
| du | hattest geplant | you had planned |
| er/sie/es | hatte geplant | he/she/it had planned |
| wir | hatten geplant | we had planned |
| ihr | hattet geplant | you (pl.) had planned |
| sie/Sie | hatten geplant | they had planned |
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 planen | I will plan |
| du | wirst planen | you will plan |
| er/sie/es | wird planen | he/she/it will plan |
| wir | werden planen | we will plan |
| ihr | werdet planen | you (pl.) will plan |
| sie/Sie | werden planen | they will plan |
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 geplant haben | I will have planned |
| du | wirst geplant haben | you will have planned |
| er/sie/es | wird geplant haben | he/she/it will have planned |
| wir | werden geplant haben | we will have planned |
| ihr | werdet geplant haben | you (pl.) will have planned |
| sie/Sie | werden geplant haben | they will have planned |
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 | plante |
| du | plantest |
| er/sie/es | plante |
| wir | planten |
| ihr | plantet |
| sie/Sie | planten |
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 | plane |
| ihr | plant |