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Conjugation of the German verb arbeiten

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



InfinitiveScored
arbeitento work

PresentScored
ich arbeiteI work
du arbeitestyou work
er arbeitethe works
sie arbeitetshe works
wir arbeitenwe work
ihr arbeitetyou work
sie arbeitenthey work

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 arbeiteteI worked
du arbeitetestyou worked
er arbeitetehe worked
sie arbeiteteshe worked
wir arbeitetenwe worked
ihr arbeitetetyou worked
sie arbeitetenthey worked

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gearbeitetI worked
du hast gearbeitetyou worked
er hat gearbeitethe worked
es hat gearbeitetshe worked
wir haben gearbeitetwe worked
ihr habt gearbeitetyou worked
sie haben gearbeitetthey worked

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gearbeitetI had worked
du hattest gearbeitetyou had worked
er hatte gearbeitethe had worked
es hatte gearbeitetshe had worked
wir hatten gearbeitetwe had worked
ihr hattet gearbeitetyou had worked
sie hatten gearbeitetthey had worked

FutureScored
ich werde arbeitenI will work
du wirst arbeitenyou will work
er wird arbeitenhe will work
sie wird arbeitenshe will work
wir werden arbeitenwe will work
ihr werdet arbeitenyou will work
sie werden arbeitenthey will work

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 gearbeitet habenI will have worked
du wirst gearbeitet habenyou will have worked
er wird gearbeitet habenhe will have worked
es wird gearbeitet habenshe will have worked
wir werden gearbeitet habenwe will have worked
ihr werdet gearbeitet habenyou will have worked
sie werden gearbeitet habenthey will have worked

ConditionalScored
ich würde arbeitenI would work
du würdest arbeitenyou would work
er würde arbeitenhe would work
sie würde arbeitenshe would work
wir würden arbeitenwe would work
ihr würdet arbeitenyou would work
sie würden arbeitenthey would work

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 gearbeitetI would have worked
du hättest gearbeitetyou would have worked
er hätte gearbeitethe would have worked
es hätte gearbeitetshe would have worked
wir hätten gearbeitetwe would have worked
ihr hättet gearbeitetyou would have worked
sie hätten gearbeitetthey would have worked

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich arbeiteteI would work
du arbeitetestyou would work
er arbeitetehe would work
sie arbeiteteshe would work
wir arbeitetenwe would work
ihr arbeitetetyou would work
sie arbeitetenthey would work

ImperativeScored
arbeite Work
arbeiten wirLet's work
arbeitet Work

Present ParticipleScored
arbeitend working

Past ParticipleScored
gearbeitet worked


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