German Verb Conjugations
ANFANGEN: Conjugated in All Tenses
The German verb anfangen conjugated in all its tenses and moods
PRESENT TENSE • PRÄSENS
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ANFANGEN
Present Tense - Präsens
| Separable Prefixes: The verb anfangen is a separable prefix verb. That means that its prefix (an-) separates when the verb is conjugated, even in its past participle form (angefangen). For more, see German Verb Prefixes. | |
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR | |
| ich fange an | I begin/start I am beginning |
| du fängst an | you begin/start you are beginning |
| er fängt an sie fängt an es fängt an |
he begins/starts he is beginning she begins/starts she is beginning it begins/starts it is beginning |
| PLURAL | |
| wir fangen an | we begin/start are beginning |
| ihr fangt an | you (guys) begin/start you are beginning |
| sie fangen an | they begin/start they are beginning |
| Sie fangen an | you begin/start you are beginning |
| Examples: Wann fangen Sie an? When do you start? Die Vorstellung fängt um sechs Uhr an. The performance begins at six o'clock. |
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