Angeben Conjugation in German
angeben means “to state” in English, and it is a verb German learners meet early and use often. This page gives you the complete conjugation of angeben — every tense, every person, the participles and the infinitive — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Ich gebe meine Adresse im Formular an.” — “I state my address on the form.” Learning the forms on this page first, before you try to use the verb in conversation, saves you from guessing later: German endings change with the person and the tense, and angeben is no exception. Work through the tables one tense at a time, say each form aloud, and then test yourself with the quiz at the end.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: angeben
- English: to state
- Verb type: Strong separable verb
- Irregular in: present, preterite, past-participle, imperative
- Present participle (Partizip I): angebend
- Past participle (Partizip II): angegeben
- Auxiliary: haben (all perfect tenses are formed with haben + the past participle)
- Separable prefix: an — the prefix splits off in finite forms (for example, gebe an) and takes ge- between prefix and stem in the past participle (angegeben).
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for angeben, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
angeben is a strong verb with a vowel change in the present tense: the stem vowel changes from e → i in the du and er/sie/es forms — gibst an, gibt an — while ich, wir, ihr and sie keep the plain stem. The preterite changes the stem again (gab an), and the past participle is angegeben.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for angeben. Learn the present tense first, then the Perfekt and the Präteritum, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.
Present (Präsens)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | gebe an |
| du | gibst an |
| er/sie/es | gibt an |
| wir | geben an |
| ihr | gebt an |
| sie/Sie | geben an |
Preterite (Präteritum)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | gab an |
| du | gabst an |
| er/sie/es | gab an |
| wir | gaben an |
| ihr | gabt an |
| sie/Sie | gaben an |
Perfect (Perfekt)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | habe angegeben |
| du | hast angegeben |
| er/sie/es | hat angegeben |
| wir | haben angegeben |
| ihr | habt angegeben |
| sie/Sie | haben angegeben |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | hatte angegeben |
| du | hattest angegeben |
| er/sie/es | hatte angegeben |
| wir | hatten angegeben |
| ihr | hattet angegeben |
| sie/Sie | hatten angegeben |
Future (Futur I)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | werde angeben |
| du | wirst angeben |
| er/sie/es | wird angeben |
| wir | werden angeben |
| ihr | werdet angeben |
| sie/Sie | werden angeben |
Future perfect (Futur II)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | werde angegeben haben |
| du | wirst angegeben haben |
| er/sie/es | wird angegeben haben |
| wir | werden angegeben haben |
| ihr | werdet angegeben haben |
| sie/Sie | werden angegeben haben |
Konjunktiv I
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | gebe an |
| du | gebest an |
| er/sie/es | gebe an |
| wir | geben an |
| ihr | gebet an |
| sie/Sie | geben an |
Konjunktiv II
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | gäbe an |
| du | gäbest an |
| er/sie/es | gäbe an |
| wir | gäben an |
| ihr | gäbet an |
| sie/Sie | gäben an |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | hätte angegeben |
| du | hättest angegeben |
| er/sie/es | hätte angegeben |
| wir | hätten angegeben |
| ihr | hättet angegeben |
| sie/Sie | hätten angegeben |
Imperative (Imperativ)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| du | gib an |
| wir | angeben |
| ihr | gebt an |
| sie/Sie | angeben |
Participles and infinitive
| Form | German |
|---|---|
| Present participle (Partizip I) | angebend |
| Past participle (Partizip II) | angegeben |
| Infinitive | angeben |
When to use each tense
Present (Präsens)
The present tense is used for habits, facts and things happening now. With angeben this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Ich gebe meine Adresse im Formular an.” — “I state my address on the form.”
Preterite (Präteritum)
The preterite is used for completed actions in the past, especially in writing and narration. With angeben this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Du gabst meine Adresse im Formular an.” — “You stated my address on the form.”
Perfect (Perfekt)
The Perfekt is used for completed actions in the past, especially in spoken German. With angeben it is formed with haben + the past participle angegeben. For example: “Er hat meine Adresse im Formular angegeben.” — “He has stated my address on the form.”
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt)
The Plusquamperfekt is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Wir hatten meine Adresse im Formular angegeben.” — “We had stated my address on the form.”
Future (Futur I)
The Futur I is used for what will happen, predictions and promises. For example: “Ihr werdet meine Adresse im Formular angeben.” — “You will state my address on the form.”
Future perfect (Futur II)
The Futur II is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Sie werden meine Adresse im Formular angegeben haben.” — “They will have stated my address on the form.”
Konjunktiv I
The Konjunktiv I is used for reported speech and indirect quotation. For example: “Es ist wichtig, dass ich meine Adresse im Formular angebe.” — “It is important that I state my address on the form.”
Konjunktiv II
The Konjunktiv II is used for wishes, polite requests and hypothetical situations — it also doubles as the conditional. There is no separate würde tense in the tables: the Konjunktiv II forms below do the work of the conditional, and würde + infinitive is the periphrastic alternative you will hear in speech. For example: “Du gäbest meine Adresse im Formular an.” — “You would state my address on the form if you could.”
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Er hätte meine Adresse im Formular angegeben.” — “He would have stated my address on the form if he had been able to.”
Imperative (Imperativ)
The imperative is used for direct commands and instructions. With angeben this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Gib meine Adresse im Formular an!” — “State my address on the form!”
Participles and infinitive
The present participle is angebend — “while stating” — used as an adjective or adverb. The past participle is angegeben, used with haben for the perfect tenses, as in habe angegeben. The infinitive is angeben.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with angeben, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the German and try to produce it from the English.
- “Ich gebe meine Adresse im Formular an.” — “I state my address on the form.”
- “Du gibst meine Adresse im Formular an.” — “You state my address on the form.”
- “Er gab meine Adresse im Formular an.” — “He stated my address on the form.”
- “Ich habe meine Adresse im Formular angegeben.” — “I have stated my address on the form.”
- “Er hatte meine Adresse im Formular angegeben.” — “He had stated my address on the form.”
- “Wir werden meine Adresse im Formular angeben.” — “We will state my address on the form.”
- “Ich werde meine Adresse im Formular angegeben haben.” — “I will have stated my address on the form.”
- “Es ist wichtig, dass ich meine Adresse im Formular angebe.” — “It is important that I state my address on the form.”
- “Ich gäbe meine Adresse im Formular an.” — “I would state my address on the form if I could.”
- “Gib meine Adresse im Formular an!” — “State my address on the form!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Ich angeben meine Adresse im Formular.”
✓ Right: “Ich gebe meine Adresse im Formular an.”
The infinitive angeben never takes a subject. After ich you need the conjugated present form gebe an.
2. Confusing angeben with anbieten
✗ Wrong: “Ich anbieten meine Adresse im Formular.” (using the wrong verb)
✓ Right: “Ich gebe meine Adresse im Formular an.”
angeben means “to state”; anbieten means “to offer”. Keep the two verbs apart by their meaning, not by their sound.
3. Forgetting to split the separable prefix
✗ Wrong: “Ich angeben meine Adresse im Formular.” (prefix left attached to the stem)
✓ Right: “Ich gebe meine Adresse im Formular an.”
angeben is separable: in finite forms the prefix an goes to the end of the clause — gebe an — not next to the stem.
4. Using the indicative after a Konjunktiv I trigger
✗ Wrong: “Es ist wichtig, dass du meine Adresse im Formular angibst.”
✓ Right: “Es ist wichtig, dass du meine Adresse im Formular angebest.”
After es ist wichtig, dass German needs Konjunktiv I, so use gebest an here, not the indicative gibst an.
5. Using the present for a finished past event
✗ Wrong: “Ich gebe meine Adresse im Formular an.”
✓ Right: “Ich habe meine Adresse im Formular angegeben.”
Yesterday’s finished event needs the Perfekt (habe angegeben), not the present.
Quiz: test yourself
What is the ich form of angeben in the Present (Präsens)?
- A) gibt an
- B) gibst an
- C) gebe an
- D) gebt an
What is the er/sie/es form of angeben in the Present (Präsens)?
- A) gibt an
- B) gebe an
- C) gebt an
- D) gibst an
What is the ich form of angeben in the Preterite (Präteritum)?
- A) gabst an
- B) gaben an
- C) gabt an
- D) gab an
What is the ich form of angeben in the Perfect (Perfekt)?
- A) haben angegeben
- B) hast angegeben
- C) hat angegeben
- D) habe angegeben
What is the wir form of angeben in the Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt)?
- A) hattest angegeben
- B) hatte angegeben
- C) hattet angegeben
- D) hatten angegeben
What is the du form of angeben in the Future (Futur I)?
- A) wirst angeben
- B) werden angeben
- C) wird angeben
- D) werdet angeben
What is the ich form of angeben in the Future perfect (Futur II)?
- A) wird angegeben haben
- B) werde angegeben haben
- C) werden angegeben haben
- D) wirst angegeben haben
What is the ich form of angeben in the Konjunktiv II?
- A) gäbest an
- B) gäbet an
- C) gäbe an
- D) gäben an
What is the past participle of angeben?
- A) angebend
- B) angegeben
- C) gab an
- D) gebe an
What does angeben mean in English?
- A) to come
- B) to state
- C) to do
- D) to offer
Answer key
- C) gebe an — the ich form of angeben in the present tense is gebe an.
- A) gibt an — the er/sie/es form of angeben in the present tense is gibt an.
- D) gab an — the ich form of angeben in the preterite is gab an.
- D) habe angegeben — the ich form of angeben in the Perfekt is habe angegeben.
- D) hatten angegeben — the wir form of angeben in the Plusquamperfekt is hatten angegeben.
- A) wirst angeben — the du form of angeben in the Futur I is wirst angeben.
- B) werde angegeben haben — the ich form of angeben in the Futur II is werde angegeben haben.
- C) gäbe an — the ich form of angeben in the Konjunktiv II is gäbe an.
- B) angegeben — the past participle of angeben is angegeben; perfect tenses use haben + angegeben.
- B) to state — angeben means “to state” in English.
Frequently asked questions
What does angeben mean in English?
angeben means “to state”. You use it in everyday situations like the examples on this page — for example, “Ich gebe meine Adresse im Formular an.” (“I state my address on the form.”). It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is angeben regular or irregular?
angeben is irregular, and it is irregular in these tenses: present, preterite, past-participle, imperative. The present participle is angebend and the past participle is angegeben.
What are the participles of angeben?
The present participle is angebend and the past participle is angegeben — use it with haben for the perfect tenses, as in habe angegeben.
What is the difference between angeben and anbieten?
angeben means “to state”, while anbieten means “to offer”. They are easy to mix up because they appear in similar situations, but their meanings are different. If you are unsure, check the full conjugation page for anbieten and compare the meanings in context.
How do I say “I state” in German?
Say “Ich gebe meine Adresse im Formular an.” — “I state my address on the form.” The ich form of the present is gebe an, and it is the form you will use most often.
How to learn angeben
Start with the present tense: gebe an, gibst an, gibt an, geben an, gebt an, geben an. Say them in order every day for a week, then add the Perfekt — habe angegeben — and the Präteritum — gab an. Next, learn the future (werde angeben) and the Konjunktiv II (gäbe an), which also does the work of the conditional. Finally, tackle Konjunktiv I (gebe an) and the imperative (gib an). Write one sentence of your own in each tense, using the examples above as models, and check every form against the tables. When you can produce all six persons of the present without looking, move on to the quiz.
Related pages
- angeben in the Perfekt tense — the full table and uses for this verb in the Perfekt tense.
- angeben examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice questions for this verb.
- German verbs — the full hub of German conjugation pages.
- German irregular verbs — every common irregular German verb, grouped by pattern.
- Einladen conjugation — another German verb to practise with.
- Treffen conjugation — another German verb to practise with.
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- French verbs — the full hub of French conjugation pages.
- Verb Conjugator — practise angeben with the interactive tool.
- Verb Quiz — practise angeben with the interactive tool.
- Perfect Tenses Builder — practise the perfect tenses with the interactive tool.
- VerbFlow home — back to the start.