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Conjugation of the German verb anfangen

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb anfangen, along with their English translations.



InfinitiveScored
anfangento start

PresentScored
ich fange anI start
du fängst anyou start
er fängt anhe starts
sie fängt anshe starts
wir fangen anwe start
ihr fangt anyou start
sie fangen anthey start

Preterite / Präteritum
This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.
Scored
ich fing anI started
du fingst anyou started
er fing anhe started
sie fing anshe started
wir fingen anwe started
ihr fingt anyou started
sie fingen anthey started

Past / PerfektScored
ich bin angefangenI started
du bist angefangenyou started
er ist angefangenhe started
es ist angefangenshe started
wir sind angefangenwe started
ihr seid angefangenyou started
sie sind angefangenthey started

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich war angefangenI had started
du warst angefangenyou had started
er war angefangenhe had started
es war angefangenshe had started
wir waren angefangenwe had started
ihr wart angefangenyou had started
sie waren angefangenthey had started

FutureScored
ich werde anfangenI will start
du wirst anfangenyou will start
er wird anfangenhe will start
sie wird anfangenshe will start
wir werden anfangenwe will start
ihr werdet anfangenyou will start
sie werden anfangenthey will start

Future Perfect / Futur II
The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.
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ich werde angefangen seinI will have started
du wirst angefangen seinyou will have started
er wird angefangen seinhe will have started
es wird angefangen seinshe will have started
wir werden angefangen seinwe will have started
ihr werdet angefangen seinyou will have started
sie werden angefangen seinthey will have started

ConditionalScored
ich würde anfangenI would start
du würdest anfangenyou would start
er würde anfangenhe would start
sie würde anfangenshe would start
wir würden anfangenwe would start
ihr würdet anfangenyou would start
sie würden anfangenthey would start

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II
The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.
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ich wäre angefangenI would have started
du wärst angefangenyou would have started
er wäre angefangenhe would have started
es wäre angefangenshe would have started
wir wären angefangenwe would have started
ihr wärt angefangenyou would have started
sie wären angefangenthey would have started

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich finge anI would start
du fingest anyou would start
er finge anhe would start
sie finge anshe would start
wir fingen anwe would start
ihr finget anyou would start
sie fingen anthey would start

ImperativeScored
fang an Start
fangen wir anLet's start
fangt an Start

Present ParticipleScored
anfangend starting

Past ParticipleScored
angefangen started


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