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GERMAN VERB

angeben

to state, to give; to show off

  • #454 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: angegeben

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I state
  2. du you state
  3. er, sie, es he/she states
  4. wir we state
  5. ihr you all state
  6. sie, Sie they state

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I stated
  2. du you stated
  3. er, sie, es he/she stated
  4. wir we stated
  5. ihr you all stated
  6. sie, Sie they stated

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have stated
  2. du you have stated
  3. er, sie, es he/she has stated
  4. wir we have stated
  5. ihr you all have stated
  6. sie, Sie they have stated

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will state
  2. du you will state
  3. er, sie, es he/she will state
  4. wir we will state
  5. ihr you all will state
  6. sie, Sie they will state

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would state
  2. du you would state
  3. er, sie, es he/she would state
  4. wir we would state
  5. ihr you all would state
  6. sie, Sie they would state

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du state!
  2. ihr state! (all of you)
  3. Sie state! (formal)

How to use angeben

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Er gibt ständig mit seinem neuen Auto an.

    He's always showing off his new car.

  2. Simple past

    Sie gab eine falsche Telefonnummer an.

    She gave a wrong phone number.

  3. Perfect

    Haben Sie Ihre Adresse schon angegeben?

    Have you already given your address?

  4. Future

    Du wirst den Grund der Reise angeben müssen.

    You'll have to state the reason for the trip.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde hier einfach meine Handynummer angeben.

    I'd just put my mobile number here.

  6. Imperative

    Gib nicht so an, wir kennen dich!

    Don't show off like that, we know you!

Good to know

  • With no object, angeben is to show off: er gibt immer so an. With an object it is to give a detail: bitte Ihre Adresse angeben.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.