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Conjugation of the German verb Rad fahren

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb Rad fahren, along with their English translations.

Infinitive		Scored
Rad fahren	to cycle

Present		Scored
ich fahre Rad	I cycle
du fährst Rad	you cycle
wir fahren Rad	we cycle
ihr fahrt Rad	you cycle
sie fahren Rad	they cycle

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich fuhr Rad	I cycled
du fuhrst Rad	you cycled
er fuhr Rad	he cycled
sie fuhr Rad	she cycled
wir fuhren Rad	we cycled
ihr fuhrt Rad	you cycled
sie fuhren Rad	they cycled

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe Rad fahren	I cycled
du hast Rad fahren	you cycled
er hat Rad fahren	he cycled
es hat Rad fahren	she cycled
wir haben Rad fahren	we cycled
ihr habt Rad fahren	you cycled
sie haben Rad fahren	they cycled

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte Rad fahren	I had cycled
du hattest Rad fahren	you had cycled
er hatte Rad fahren	he had cycled
es hatte Rad fahren	she had cycled
wir hatten Rad fahren	we had cycled
ihr hattet Rad fahren	you had cycled
sie hatten Rad fahren	they had cycled

Future		Scored
ich werde Rad fahren	I will cycle
du wirst Rad fahren	you will cycle
er wird Rad fahren	he will cycle
sie wird Rad fahren	she will cycle
wir werden Rad fahren	we will cycle
ihr werdet Rad fahren	you will cycle
sie werden Rad fahren	they will cycle

Future Perfect / Futur II The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.		Scored
ich werde Rad fahren haben	I will have cycled
du wirst Rad fahren haben	you will have cycled
er wird Rad fahren haben	he will have cycled
es wird Rad fahren haben	she will have cycled
wir werden Rad fahren haben	we will have cycled
ihr werdet Rad fahren haben	you will have cycled
sie werden Rad fahren haben	they will have cycled

Conditional		Scored
ich würde Rad fahren	I would cycle
du würdest Rad fahren	you would cycle
er würde Rad fahren	he would cycle
sie würde Rad fahren	she would cycle
wir würden Rad fahren	we would cycle
ihr würdet Rad fahren	you would cycle
sie würden Rad fahren	they would cycle

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.		Scored
ich hätte Rad fahren	I would have cycled
du hättest Rad fahren	you would have cycled
er hätte Rad fahren	he would have cycled
es hätte Rad fahren	she would have cycled
wir hätten Rad fahren	we would have cycled
ihr hättet Rad fahren	you would have cycled
sie hätten Rad fahren	they would have cycled

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich führe Rad	I would cycle
du führest Rad	you would cycle
er führe Rad	he would cycle
sie führe Rad	she would cycle
wir führen Rad	we would cycle
ihr führet Rad	you would cycle

Imperative		Scored
fahr Rad	Cycle
fahren wir Rad	Let's cycle
fahrt Rad	Cycle

Present Participle		Scored
Rad fahrend	cycling

Past Participle		Scored
Rad fahren	cycled

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