verankern
to anchor
- Past (Präteritum)
- verankerte
- Past participle
- verankert (haben)
A weak verb used frequently in both literal and figurative senses, as in the text where one's heart is anchored in a location or goal. It is strictly transitive or reflexive in standard usage, always taking the auxiliary haben because it describes a state or the act of anchoring rather than a change of location for the subject itself. It is inseparable due to the prefix 'ver-'. It is not to be confused with separable prefixes like 'an-'. Thus, it remains verankert in the participle form without 'ge-'. It is common in formal and literary German to describe firm foundations or firm commitments to ideals or places. It does not have common separable compound variants, though it remains a productive verb structure in the context of institutionalizing or fixing concepts into a framework (e.g., 'ein Gesetz verankern').
Conjugation
Present
- verankert
- present, singular, third-person
- verankre
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- verankere
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- veranker
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- verankern
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- verankerst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- verankerte
- past
- verankerten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- verankertest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- verankertet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- verankere
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verankre
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verankern
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verankerest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verankrest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verankeret
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verankret
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verankerte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- verankerten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- verankertest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- verankertet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe verankert
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben verankert
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest verankert
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet verankert
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte verankert
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten verankert
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest verankert
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet verankert
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde verankern
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden verankern
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest verankern
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet verankern
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde verankern
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden verankern
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest verankern
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet verankern
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde verankert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden verankert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest verankert haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- verankre
- imperative, second-person, singular
- veranker
- imperative, second-person, singular
- verankere
- imperative, second-person, singular
- verankert
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- verankert
- participle, past
- verankernd
- participle, present
Infinitive
- verankern
- infinitive
Other
- habe verankert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben verankert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast verankert
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt verankert
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat verankert
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte verankert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten verankert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest verankert
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet verankert
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- verankern werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde verankern
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden verankern
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst verankern
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet verankern
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird verankern
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- verankert haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde verankert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden verankert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst verankert haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet verankert haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird verankert haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Verankern
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong