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Conjugation of the German verb beneiden

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

Infinitive		Scored
beneiden	to envy

Present		Scored
ich beneide	I envy
du beneidest	you envy
wir beneiden	we envy
sie beneiden	they envy

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 beneidete	I envied
du beneidetest	you envied
er beneidete	he envied
sie beneidete	she envied
wir beneideten	we envied
ihr beneidetet	you envied
sie beneideten	they envied

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

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

Future		Scored
ich werde beneiden	I will envy
du wirst beneiden	you will envy
er wird beneiden	he will envy
sie wird beneiden	she will envy
wir werden beneiden	we will envy
ihr werdet beneiden	you will envy
sie werden beneiden	they will envy

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 beneidet haben	I will have envied
du wirst beneidet haben	you will have envied
er wird beneidet haben	he will have envied
es wird beneidet haben	she will have envied
wir werden beneidet haben	we will have envied
ihr werdet beneidet haben	you will have envied
sie werden beneidet haben	they will have envied

Conditional		Scored
ich würde beneiden	I would envy
du würdest beneiden	you would envy
er würde beneiden	he would envy
sie würde beneiden	she would envy
wir würden beneiden	we would envy
ihr würdet beneiden	you would envy
sie würden beneiden	they would envy

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 beneidet	I would have envied
du hättest beneidet	you would have envied
er hätte beneidet	he would have envied
es hätte beneidet	she would have envied
wir hätten beneidet	we would have envied
ihr hättet beneidet	you would have envied
sie hätten beneidet	they would have envied

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich beneidete	I would envy
du beneidetest	you would envy
er beneidete	he would envy
sie beneidete	she would envy
wir beneideten	we would envy
ihr beneidetet	you would envy
sie beneideten	they would envy

Imperative		Scored
beneide	Envy
beneiden wir	Let's envy

Present Participle		Scored
beneidend	envying

Past Participle		Scored
beneidet	envied

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