antreten
to start (a journey or task)
- Past (Präteritum)
- trat an
- Past participle
- angetreten (sein)
Irregular strong separable verb using sein, following the conjugation of treten with stem change in the past and participle. It signifies the commencement of a scheduled journey, a position, or a formal challenge. It is frequently used with nouns like Heimweg, Reise, or Dienst to describe the onset of a process. Be careful with the distinction between antreten as starting a job and the base verb treten, which is a different semantic category.
Conjugation
Present
- tritt an
- present, singular, third-person
- trete an
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- treten an
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- trittst an
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- tretet an
- indicative, plural, present, second-person
- antrete
- first-person, indicative, present, singular, subordinate-clause
- antreten
- first-person, indicative, plural, present, subordinate-clause
- antrittst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- antretet
- indicative, plural, present, second-person, subordinate-clause
- antritt
- indicative, present, singular, subordinate-clause, third-person
Past
- trat an
- past
- traten an
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- tratest an
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- tratst an
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- tratet an
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
- antrat
- first-person, indicative, preterite, singular, subordinate-clause
- antraten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite, subordinate-clause
- antratest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- antratst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- antratet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person, subordinate-clause
Subjunctive
- träte an
- past, subjunctive
- trete an
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- treten an
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- tretest an
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- tretet an
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- träten an
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- trätest an
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- trätet an
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- antrete
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- antreten
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- antretest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- antretet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- anträte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- anträten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- anträtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- anträtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- habe angetreten
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- sei angetreten
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben angetreten
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seien angetreten
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest angetreten
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seist angetreten
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest angetreten
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet angetreten
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- seiet angetreten
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte angetreten
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wäre angetreten
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten angetreten
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wären angetreten
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest angetreten
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
Imperative
- tritt an
- imperative, second-person, singular
- tretet an
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- angetreten
- participle, past
- antretend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- antreten
- infinitive
- anzutreten
- infinitive, infinitive-zu
Other
- habe angetreten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- bin angetreten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben angetreten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- sind angetreten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast angetreten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- bist angetreten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt angetreten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- seid angetreten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat angetreten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- ist angetreten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte angetreten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- war angetreten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten angetreten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- waren angetreten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest angetreten
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- warst angetreten
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet angetreten
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- wart angetreten
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- antreten werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde antreten
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden antreten
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst antreten
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet antreten
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird antreten
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- angetreten haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- angetreten sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde angetreten haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werde angetreten sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden angetreten haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- werden angetreten sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural