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Conjugation of the German verb bestrafen

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

Infinitive		Scored
bestrafen	to punish

Present		Scored
ich bestrafe	I punish
du bestrafst	you punish
er bestraft	he punishes
sie bestraft	she punishes
wir bestrafen	we punish
ihr bestraft	you punish
sie bestrafen	they punish

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 bestrafte	I punished
du bestraftest	you punished
er bestrafte	he punished
sie bestrafte	she punished
wir bestraften	we punished
ihr bestraftet	you punished
sie bestraften	they punished

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich bestrafte	I would punish
du bestraftest	you would punish
er bestrafte	he would punish
sie bestrafte	she would punish
wir bestraften	we would punish
ihr bestraftet	you would punish
sie bestraften	they would punish

Imperative		Scored
bestrafe	Punish
bestrafen wir	Let's punish
bestraft	Punish

Present Participle		Scored
bestrafend	punishing

Past Participle		Scored
bestraft	punished

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