zuordnen — German conjugation
to assign
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 | ordne zu | I assign |
| du | ordnest zu | you assign |
| er/sie/es | ordnet zu | he/she/it assigns |
| wir | ordnen zu | we assign |
| ihr | ordnet zu | you (pl.) assign |
| sie/Sie | ordnen zu | they assign |
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 | ordnete zu | I assigned |
| du | ordnetest zu | you assigned |
| er/sie/es | ordnete zu | he/she/it assigned |
| wir | ordneten zu | we assigned |
| ihr | ordnetet zu | you (pl.) assigned |
| sie/Sie | ordneten zu | they assigned |
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 zugeordnet | I have assigned |
| du | hast zugeordnet | you have assigned |
| er/sie/es | hat zugeordnet | he/she/it has assigned |
| wir | haben zugeordnet | we have assigned |
| ihr | habt zugeordnet | you (pl.) have assigned |
| sie/Sie | haben zugeordnet | they have assigned |
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 zugeordnet | I had assigned |
| du | hattest zugeordnet | you had assigned |
| er/sie/es | hatte zugeordnet | he/she/it had assigned |
| wir | hatten zugeordnet | we had assigned |
| ihr | hattet zugeordnet | you (pl.) had assigned |
| sie/Sie | hatten zugeordnet | they had assigned |
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 zuordnen | I will assign |
| du | wirst zuordnen | you will assign |
| er/sie/es | wird zuordnen | he/she/it will assign |
| wir | werden zuordnen | we will assign |
| ihr | werdet zuordnen | you (pl.) will assign |
| sie/Sie | werden zuordnen | they will assign |
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 zugeordnet haben | I will have assigned |
| du | wirst zugeordnet haben | you will have assigned |
| er/sie/es | wird zugeordnet haben | he/she/it will have assigned |
| wir | werden zugeordnet haben | we will have assigned |
| ihr | werdet zugeordnet haben | you (pl.) will have assigned |
| sie/Sie | werden zugeordnet haben | they will have assigned |
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 | ordnete zu |
| du | ordnetest zu |
| er/sie/es | ordnete zu |
| wir | ordneten zu |
| ihr | ordnetet zu |
| sie/Sie | ordneten zu |
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 | ordne zu |
| ihr | ordnet zu |