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Conjugation of the German verb decken

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



InfinitiveScored
deckento cover

PresentScored
du deckstyou cover
er deckthe covers
sie decktshe covers
ihr decktyou cover

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 deckteI covered
du decktestyou covered
er decktehe covered
sie deckteshe covered
wir decktenwe covered
ihr decktetyou covered
sie decktenthey covered

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gedecktI covered
du hast gedecktyou covered
er hat gedeckthe covered
es hat gedecktshe covered
wir haben gedecktwe covered
ihr habt gedecktyou covered
sie haben gedecktthey covered

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gedecktI had covered
du hattest gedecktyou had covered
er hatte gedeckthe had covered
es hatte gedecktshe had covered
wir hatten gedecktwe had covered
ihr hattet gedecktyou had covered
sie hatten gedecktthey had covered

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.
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ich werde gedeckt habenI will have covered
du wirst gedeckt habenyou will have covered
er wird gedeckt habenhe will have covered
es wird gedeckt habenshe will have covered
wir werden gedeckt habenwe will have covered
ihr werdet gedeckt habenyou will have covered
sie werden gedeckt habenthey will have covered

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.
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ich hätte gedecktI would have covered
du hättest gedecktyou would have covered
er hätte gedeckthe would have covered
es hätte gedecktshe would have covered
wir hätten gedecktwe would have covered
ihr hättet gedecktyou would have covered
sie hätten gedecktthey would have covered

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich deckteI would cover
du decktestyou would cover
er decktehe would cover
sie deckteshe would cover
wir decktenwe would cover
ihr decktetyou would cover
sie decktenthey would cover

ImperativeScored
deck Cover
deckt Cover

Present ParticipleScored
deckend covering

Past ParticipleScored
gedeckt covered


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