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Conjugation of the German verb beklagen

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



InfinitiveScored
beklagento lament

PresentScored
ich beklageI lament
du beklagstyou lament
wir beklagenwe lament
ihr beklagtyou lament
sie beklagenthey lament

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 beklagteI lamented
du beklagtestyou lamented
er beklagtehe lamented
sie beklagteshe lamented
wir beklagtenwe lamented
ihr beklagtetyou lamented
sie beklagtenthey lamented

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe beklagtI lamented
du hast beklagtyou lamented
er hat beklagthe lamented
es hat beklagtshe lamented
wir haben beklagtwe lamented
ihr habt beklagtyou lamented
sie haben beklagtthey lamented

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte beklagtI had lamented
du hattest beklagtyou had lamented
er hatte beklagthe had lamented
es hatte beklagtshe had lamented
wir hatten beklagtwe had lamented
ihr hattet beklagtyou had lamented
sie hatten beklagtthey had lamented

FutureScored
ich werde beklagenI will lament
du wirst beklagenyou will lament
er wird beklagenhe will lament
sie wird beklagenshe will lament
wir werden beklagenwe will lament
ihr werdet beklagenyou will lament
sie werden beklagenthey will lament

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

ConditionalScored
ich würde beklagenI would lament
du würdest beklagenyou would lament
er würde beklagenhe would lament
sie würde beklagenshe would lament
wir würden beklagenwe would lament
ihr würdet beklagenyou would lament
sie würden beklagenthey would lament

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 beklagtI would have lamented
du hättest beklagtyou would have lamented
er hätte beklagthe would have lamented
es hätte beklagtshe would have lamented
wir hätten beklagtwe would have lamented
ihr hättet beklagtyou would have lamented
sie hätten beklagtthey would have lamented

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich beklagteI would lament
du beklagtestyou would lament
er beklagtehe would lament
sie beklagteshe would lament
wir beklagtenwe would lament
ihr beklagtetyou would lament
sie beklagtenthey would lament

ImperativeScored
beklage Lament
beklagen wirLet's lament
beklagt Lament

Present ParticipleScored
beklagend lamenting

Past ParticipleScored
beklagt lamented


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