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Conjugation of the German verb begegnen

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



InfinitiveScored
begegnento come across

PresentScored
ich begegneI come across
du begegnestyou come across
er begegnethe comes across
sie begegnetshe comes across
wir begegnenwe come across
ihr begegnetyou come across
sie begegnenthey come across

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 begegneteI came across
du begegnetestyou came across
er begegnetehe came across
sie begegneteshe came across
wir begegnetenwe came across
ihr begegnetetyou came across
sie begegnetenthey came across

Past / PerfektScored
ich bin begegnetI came across
du bist begegnetyou came across
er ist begegnethe came across
es ist begegnetshe came across
wir sind begegnetwe came across
ihr seid begegnetyou came across
sie sind begegnetthey came across

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich war begegnetI had come across
du warst begegnetyou had come across
er war begegnethe had come across
es war begegnetshe had come across
wir waren begegnetwe had come across
ihr wart begegnetyou had come across
sie waren begegnetthey had come across

FutureScored
ich werde begegnenI will come across
du wirst begegnenyou will come across
er wird begegnenhe will come across
sie wird begegnenshe will come across
wir werden begegnenwe will come across
ihr werdet begegnenyou will come across
sie werden begegnenthey will come across

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 begegnet seinI will have come across
du wirst begegnet seinyou will have come across
er wird begegnet seinhe will have come across
es wird begegnet seinshe will have come across
wir werden begegnet seinwe will have come across
ihr werdet begegnet seinyou will have come across
sie werden begegnet seinthey will have come across

ConditionalScored
ich würde begegnenI would come across
du würdest begegnenyou would come across
er würde begegnenhe would come across
sie würde begegnenshe would come across
wir würden begegnenwe would come across
ihr würdet begegnenyou would come across
sie würden begegnenthey would come across

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 wäre begegnetI would have come across
du wärst begegnetyou would have come across
er wäre begegnethe would have come across
es wäre begegnetshe would have come across
wir wären begegnetwe would have come across
ihr wärt begegnetyou would have come across
sie wären begegnetthey would have come across

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich begegneteI would come across
du begegnetestyou would come across
er begegnetehe would come across
sie begegneteshe would come across
wir begegnetenwe would come across
ihr begegnetetyou would come across
sie begegnetenthey would come across

ImperativeScored
begegne Come across
begegnen wirLet's come across
begegnet Come across

Present ParticipleScored
begegnend coming across

Past ParticipleScored
begegnet come across


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