zulassen — German conjugation
to allow
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | lasse zu | I allow |
| du | lässt zu | you allow |
| er/sie/es | lässt zu | he/she/it allows |
| wir | lassen zu | we allow |
| ihr | lasst zu | you (pl.) allow |
| sie/Sie | lassen zu | they allow |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | ließ zu | I allowed |
| du | ließest zu | you allowed |
| er/sie/es | ließ zu | he/she/it allowed |
| wir | ließen zu | we allowed |
| ihr | ließt zu | you (pl.) allowed |
| sie/Sie | ließen zu | they allowed |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 zugelassen | I have allowed |
| du | hast zugelassen | you have allowed |
| er/sie/es | hat zugelassen | he/she/it has allowed |
| wir | haben zugelassen | we have allowed |
| ihr | habt zugelassen | you (pl.) have allowed |
| sie/Sie | haben zugelassen | they have allowed |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 zugelassen | I had allowed |
| du | hattest zugelassen | you had allowed |
| er/sie/es | hatte zugelassen | he/she/it had allowed |
| wir | hatten zugelassen | we had allowed |
| ihr | hattet zugelassen | you (pl.) had allowed |
| sie/Sie | hatten zugelassen | they had allowed |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 zulassen | I will allow |
| du | wirst zulassen | you will allow |
| er/sie/es | wird zulassen | he/she/it will allow |
| wir | werden zulassen | we will allow |
| ihr | werdet zulassen | you (pl.) will allow |
| sie/Sie | werden zulassen | they will allow |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 zugelassen haben | I will have allowed |
| du | wirst zugelassen haben | you will have allowed |
| er/sie/es | wird zugelassen haben | he/she/it will have allowed |
| wir | werden zugelassen haben | we will have allowed |
| ihr | werdet zugelassen haben | you (pl.) will have allowed |
| sie/Sie | werden zugelassen haben | they will have allowed |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | ließe zu |
| du | ließest zu |
| er/sie/es | ließe zu |
| wir | ließen zu |
| ihr | ließet zu |
| sie/Sie | ließen zu |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | lasse zu |
| ihr | lasst zu |