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Conjugation of the German verb betonen

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

Infinitive		Scored
betonen	to emphasize

Present		Scored
ich betone	I emphasize
du betonst	you emphasize
er betont	he emphasizes
sie betont	she emphasizes
wir betonen	we emphasize
ihr betont	you emphasize
sie betonen	they emphasize

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 betonte	I emphasized
du betontest	you emphasized
er betonte	he emphasized
sie betonte	she emphasized
wir betonten	we emphasized
ihr betontet	you emphasized
sie betonten	they emphasized

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich betonte	I would emphasize
du betontest	you would emphasize
er betonte	he would emphasize
sie betonte	she would emphasize
wir betonten	we would emphasize
ihr betontet	you would emphasize
sie betonten	they would emphasize

Imperative		Scored
betone	Emphasize
betonen wir	Let's emphasize
betont	Emphasize

Present Participle		Scored
betonend	emphasizing

Past Participle		Scored
betont	emphasized

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