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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.

Infinitive		Scored
arbeiten	to work

Present		Scored
ich arbeite	I work
du arbeitest	you work
er arbeitet	he works
sie arbeitet	she works
wir arbeiten	we work
ihr arbeitet	you work
sie arbeiten	they 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 arbeitete	I worked
du arbeitetest	you worked
er arbeitete	he worked
sie arbeitete	she worked
wir arbeiteten	we worked
ihr arbeitetet	you worked
sie arbeiteten	they worked

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

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

Future		Scored
ich werde arbeiten	I will work
du wirst arbeiten	you will work
er wird arbeiten	he will work
sie wird arbeiten	she will work
wir werden arbeiten	we will work
ihr werdet arbeiten	you will work
sie werden arbeiten	they 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.		Scored
ich werde gearbeitet haben	I will have worked
du wirst gearbeitet haben	you will have worked
er wird gearbeitet haben	he will have worked
es wird gearbeitet haben	she will have worked
wir werden gearbeitet haben	we will have worked
ihr werdet gearbeitet haben	you will have worked
sie werden gearbeitet haben	they will have worked

Conditional		Scored
ich würde arbeiten	I would work
du würdest arbeiten	you would work
er würde arbeiten	he would work
sie würde arbeiten	she would work
wir würden arbeiten	we would work
ihr würdet arbeiten	you would work
sie würden arbeiten	they 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 gearbeitet	I would have worked
du hättest gearbeitet	you would have worked
er hätte gearbeitet	he would have worked
es hätte gearbeitet	she would have worked
wir hätten gearbeitet	we would have worked
ihr hättet gearbeitet	you would have worked
sie hätten gearbeitet	they would have worked

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich arbeitete	I would work
du arbeitetest	you would work
er arbeitete	he would work
sie arbeitete	she would work
wir arbeiteten	we would work
ihr arbeitetet	you would work
sie arbeiteten	they would work

Imperative		Scored
arbeite	Work
arbeiten wir	Let's work
arbeitet	Work

Present Participle		Scored
arbeitend	working

Past Participle		Scored
gearbeitet	worked

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