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Conjugation of the German verb abwarten

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

Infinitive		Scored
abwarten	to wait for

Present		Scored
ich warte ab	I wait for
du wartest ab	you wait for
er wartet ab	he waits for
sie wartet ab	she waits for
wir warten ab	we wait for
ihr wartet ab	you wait for
sie warten ab	they wait for

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 wartete ab	I waited for
du wartetest ab	you waited for
er wartete ab	he waited for
sie wartete ab	she waited for
wir warteten ab	we waited for
ihr wartetet ab	you waited for
sie warteten ab	they waited for

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe abgewartet	I waited for
du hast abgewartet	you waited for
er hat abgewartet	he waited for
es hat abgewartet	she waited for
wir haben abgewartet	we waited for
ihr habt abgewartet	you waited for
sie haben abgewartet	they waited for

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte abgewartet	I had waited for
du hattest abgewartet	you had waited for
er hatte abgewartet	he had waited for
es hatte abgewartet	she had waited for
wir hatten abgewartet	we had waited for
ihr hattet abgewartet	you had waited for
sie hatten abgewartet	they had waited for

Future		Scored
ich werde abwarten	I will wait for
du wirst abwarten	you will wait for
er wird abwarten	he will wait for
sie wird abwarten	she will wait for
wir werden abwarten	we will wait for
ihr werdet abwarten	you will wait for
sie werden abwarten	they will wait for

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 abgewartet haben	I will have waited for
du wirst abgewartet haben	you will have waited for
er wird abgewartet haben	he will have waited for
es wird abgewartet haben	she will have waited for
wir werden abgewartet haben	we will have waited for
ihr werdet abgewartet haben	you will have waited for
sie werden abgewartet haben	they will have waited for

Conditional		Scored
ich würde abwarten	I would wait for
du würdest abwarten	you would wait for
er würde abwarten	he would wait for
sie würde abwarten	she would wait for
wir würden abwarten	we would wait for
ihr würdet abwarten	you would wait for
sie würden abwarten	they would wait for

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 abgewartet	I would have waited for
du hättest abgewartet	you would have waited for
er hätte abgewartet	he would have waited for
es hätte abgewartet	she would have waited for
wir hätten abgewartet	we would have waited for
ihr hättet abgewartet	you would have waited for
sie hätten abgewartet	they would have waited for

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich wartete ab	I would wait for
du wartetest ab	you would wait for
er wartete ab	he would wait for
sie wartete ab	she would wait for
wir warteten ab	we would wait for
ihr wartetet ab	you would wait for
sie warteten ab	they would wait for

Imperative		Scored
warte ab	Wait for
warten wir ab	Let's wait for
wartet ab	Wait for

Present Participle		Scored
abwartend	waiting for

Past Participle		Scored
abgewartet	waited for

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