veranlassen — German conjugation

to cause

Frequency#2172Regular

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
ichveranlasseI cause
duveranlasstyou cause
er/sie/esveranlassthe/she/it causes
wirveranlassenwe cause
ihrveranlasstyou (pl.) cause
sie/Sieveranlassenthey cause

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
ichveranlassteI caused
duveranlasstestyou caused
er/sie/esveranlasstehe/she/it caused
wirveranlasstenwe caused
ihrveranlasstetyou (pl.) caused
sie/Sieveranlasstenthey caused

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 veranlasstI have caused
duhast veranlasstyou have caused
er/sie/eshat veranlassthe/she/it has caused
wirhaben veranlasstwe have caused
ihrhabt veranlasstyou (pl.) have caused
sie/Siehaben veranlasstthey have caused

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 veranlasstI had caused
duhattest veranlasstyou had caused
er/sie/eshatte veranlassthe/she/it had caused
wirhatten veranlasstwe had caused
ihrhattet veranlasstyou (pl.) had caused
sie/Siehatten veranlasstthey had caused

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 veranlassenI will cause
duwirst veranlassenyou will cause
er/sie/eswird veranlassenhe/she/it will cause
wirwerden veranlassenwe will cause
ihrwerdet veranlassenyou (pl.) will cause
sie/Siewerden veranlassenthey will cause

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

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
ichveranlasste
duveranlasstest
er/sie/esveranlasste
wirveranlassten
ihrveranlasstet
sie/Sieveranlassten

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
duveranlasse
ihrveranlasst