verankern — German conjugation
to anchor
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 | verankere | I anchor |
| du | verankerst | you anchor |
| er/sie/es | verankert | he/she/it anchors |
| wir | verankern | we anchor |
| ihr | verankert | you (pl.) anchor |
| sie/Sie | verankern | they anchor |
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 | verankerte | I anchored |
| du | verankertest | you anchored |
| er/sie/es | verankerte | he/she/it anchored |
| wir | verankerten | we anchored |
| ihr | verankertet | you (pl.) anchored |
| sie/Sie | verankerten | they anchored |
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 verankert | I have anchored |
| du | hast verankert | you have anchored |
| er/sie/es | hat verankert | he/she/it has anchored |
| wir | haben verankert | we have anchored |
| ihr | habt verankert | you (pl.) have anchored |
| sie/Sie | haben verankert | they have anchored |
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 verankert | I had anchored |
| du | hattest verankert | you had anchored |
| er/sie/es | hatte verankert | he/she/it had anchored |
| wir | hatten verankert | we had anchored |
| ihr | hattet verankert | you (pl.) had anchored |
| sie/Sie | hatten verankert | they had anchored |
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 verankern | I will anchor |
| du | wirst verankern | you will anchor |
| er/sie/es | wird verankern | he/she/it will anchor |
| wir | werden verankern | we will anchor |
| ihr | werdet verankern | you (pl.) will anchor |
| sie/Sie | werden verankern | they will anchor |
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 verankert haben | I will have anchored |
| du | wirst verankert haben | you will have anchored |
| er/sie/es | wird verankert haben | he/she/it will have anchored |
| wir | werden verankert haben | we will have anchored |
| ihr | werdet verankert haben | you (pl.) will have anchored |
| sie/Sie | werden verankert haben | they will have anchored |
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 | verankerte |
| du | verankertest |
| er/sie/es | verankerte |
| wir | verankerten |
| ihr | verankertet |
| sie/Sie | verankerten |
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 | verankere |
| ihr | verankert |