Lexis Rex Home

Conjugation of the German verb anstrengen

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

Infinitive		Scored
anstrengen	to exert

Present		Scored
ich strenge an	I exert
du strengst an	you exert
er strengt an	he exerts
sie strengt an	she exerts
wir strengen an	we exert
ihr strengt an	you exert
sie strengen an	they exert

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 strengte an	I exerted
du strengtest an	you exerted
er strengte an	he exerted
sie strengte an	she exerted
wir strengten an	we exerted
ihr strengtet an	you exerted
sie strengten an	they exerted

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

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

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

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 angestrengt haben	I will have exerted
du wirst angestrengt haben	you will have exerted
er wird angestrengt haben	he will have exerted
es wird angestrengt haben	she will have exerted
wir werden angestrengt haben	we will have exerted
ihr werdet angestrengt haben	you will have exerted
sie werden angestrengt haben	they will have exerted

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

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 angestrengt	I would have exerted
du hättest angestrengt	you would have exerted
er hätte angestrengt	he would have exerted
es hätte angestrengt	she would have exerted
wir hätten angestrengt	we would have exerted
ihr hättet angestrengt	you would have exerted
sie hätten angestrengt	they would have exerted

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich strengte an	I would exert
du strengtest an	you would exert
er strengte an	he would exert
sie strengte an	she would exert
wir strengten an	we would exert
ihr strengtet an	you would exert
sie strengten an	they would exert

Imperative		Scored
streng an	Exert
strengen wir an	Let's exert
strengt an	Exert

Past Participle		Scored
angestrengt	exerted

More verbs

Learn these with

Multiple Choice

Missing Verb Game