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Conjugation of the German verb denken

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

Infinitive		Scored
denken	to think

Present		Scored
ich denke	I think
du denkst	you think
er denkt	he thinks
sie denkt	she thinks
wir denken	we think
ihr denkt	you think
sie denken	they think

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 dachte	I thought
du dachtest	you thought
er dachte	he thought
sie dachte	she thought
wir dachten	we thought
ihr dachtet	you thought
sie dachten	they thought

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich dächte	I would think
du dächtest	you would think
er dächte	he would think
sie dächte	she would think
wir dächten	we would think
ihr dächtet	you would think
sie dächten	they would think

Imperative		Scored
denke	Think
denken wir	Let's think
denkt	Think

Present Participle		Scored
denkend	thinking

Past Participle		Scored
gedacht	thought

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