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Conjugation of the German verb billigen

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



InfinitiveScored
billigento approve

PresentScored
du billigstyou approve
er billigthe approves
sie billigtshe approves
ihr billigtyou approve

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 billigteI approved
du billigtestyou approved
er billigtehe approved
sie billigteshe approved
wir billigtenwe approved
ihr billigtetyou approved
sie billigtenthey approved

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gebilligtI approved
du hast gebilligtyou approved
er hat gebilligthe approved
es hat gebilligtshe approved
wir haben gebilligtwe approved
ihr habt gebilligtyou approved
sie haben gebilligtthey approved

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gebilligtI had approved
du hattest gebilligtyou had approved
er hatte gebilligthe had approved
es hatte gebilligtshe had approved
wir hatten gebilligtwe had approved
ihr hattet gebilligtyou had approved
sie hatten gebilligtthey had approved

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

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 gebilligtI would have approved
du hättest gebilligtyou would have approved
er hätte gebilligthe would have approved
es hätte gebilligtshe would have approved
wir hätten gebilligtwe would have approved
ihr hättet gebilligtyou would have approved
sie hätten gebilligtthey would have approved

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich billigteI would approve
du billigtestyou would approve
er billigtehe would approve
sie billigteshe would approve
wir billigtenwe would approve
ihr billigtetyou would approve
sie billigtenthey would approve

ImperativeScored
billigt Approve

Present ParticipleScored
billigend approving

Past ParticipleScored
gebilligt approved


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