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Conjugation of the German verb antworten

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



InfinitiveScored
antwortento answer

PresentScored
ich antworteI answer
du antwortestyou answer
er antwortethe answers
sie antwortetshe answers
wir antwortenwe answer
ihr antwortetyou answer
sie antwortenthey answer

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 antworteteI answered
du antwortetestyou answered
er antwortetehe answered
sie antworteteshe answered
wir antwortetenwe answered
ihr antwortetetyou answered
sie antwortetenthey answered

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe geantwortetI answered
du hast geantwortetyou answered
er hat geantwortethe answered
es hat geantwortetshe answered
wir haben geantwortetwe answered
ihr habt geantwortetyou answered
sie haben geantwortetthey answered

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte geantwortetI had answered
du hattest geantwortetyou had answered
er hatte geantwortethe had answered
es hatte geantwortetshe had answered
wir hatten geantwortetwe had answered
ihr hattet geantwortetyou had answered
sie hatten geantwortetthey had answered

FutureScored
ich werde antwortenI will answer
du wirst antwortenyou will answer
er wird antwortenhe will answer
sie wird antwortenshe will answer
wir werden antwortenwe will answer
ihr werdet antwortenyou will answer
sie werden antwortenthey will answer

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.
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ich werde geantwortet habenI will have answered
du wirst geantwortet habenyou will have answered
er wird geantwortet habenhe will have answered
es wird geantwortet habenshe will have answered
wir werden geantwortet habenwe will have answered
ihr werdet geantwortet habenyou will have answered
sie werden geantwortet habenthey will have answered

ConditionalScored
ich würde antwortenI would answer
du würdest antwortenyou would answer
er würde antwortenhe would answer
sie würde antwortenshe would answer
wir würden antwortenwe would answer
ihr würdet antwortenyou would answer
sie würden antwortenthey would answer

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.
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ich hätte geantwortetI would have answered
du hättest geantwortetyou would have answered
er hätte geantwortethe would have answered
es hätte geantwortetshe would have answered
wir hätten geantwortetwe would have answered
ihr hättet geantwortetyou would have answered
sie hätten geantwortetthey would have answered

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich antworteteI would answer
du antwortetestyou would answer
er antwortetehe would answer
sie antworteteshe would answer
wir antwortetenwe would answer
ihr antwortetetyou would answer
sie antwortetenthey would answer

ImperativeScored
antworte Answer
antworten wirLet's answer
antwortet Answer

Present ParticipleScored
antwortend answering

Past ParticipleScored
geantwortet answered


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