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Conjugation of the German verb anrufen

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

Infinitive		Scored
anrufen	to call

Present		Scored
ich rufe an	I call
du rufst an	you call
er ruft an	he calls
sie ruft an	she calls
wir rufen an	we call
ihr ruft an	you call
sie rufen an	they call

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 rief an	I called
du riefst an	you called
er rief an	he called
sie rief an	she called
wir riefen an	we called
ihr rieft an	you called
sie riefen an	they called

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe angerufen	I called
du hast angerufen	you called
er hat angerufen	he called
es hat angerufen	she called
wir haben angerufen	we called
ihr habt angerufen	you called
sie haben angerufen	they called

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte angerufen	I had called
du hattest angerufen	you had called
er hatte angerufen	he had called
es hatte angerufen	she had called
wir hatten angerufen	we had called
ihr hattet angerufen	you had called
sie hatten angerufen	they had called

Future		Scored
ich werde anrufen	I will call
du wirst anrufen	you will call
er wird anrufen	he will call
sie wird anrufen	she will call
wir werden anrufen	we will call
ihr werdet anrufen	you will call
sie werden anrufen	they will call

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.		Scored
ich werde angerufen haben	I will have called
du wirst angerufen haben	you will have called
er wird angerufen haben	he will have called
es wird angerufen haben	she will have called
wir werden angerufen haben	we will have called
ihr werdet angerufen haben	you will have called
sie werden angerufen haben	they will have called

Conditional		Scored
ich würde anrufen	I would call
du würdest anrufen	you would call
er würde anrufen	he would call
sie würde anrufen	she would call
wir würden anrufen	we would call
ihr würdet anrufen	you would call
sie würden anrufen	they would call

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.		Scored
ich hätte angerufen	I would have called
du hättest angerufen	you would have called
er hätte angerufen	he would have called
es hätte angerufen	she would have called
wir hätten angerufen	we would have called
ihr hättet angerufen	you would have called
sie hätten angerufen	they would have called

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich riefe an	I would call
du riefest an	you would call
er riefe an	he would call
sie riefe an	she would call
wir riefen an	we would call
ihr riefet an	you would call
sie riefen an	they would call

Imperative		Scored
rufe an	Call
rufen wir an	Let's call
ruft an	Call

Present Participle		Scored
anrufend	calling

Past Participle		Scored
angerufen	called

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