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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.



InfinitiveScored
denkento think

PresentScored
ich denkeI think
du denkstyou think
er denkthe thinks
sie denktshe thinks
wir denkenwe think
ihr denktyou think
sie denkenthey 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 dachteI thought
du dachtestyou thought
er dachtehe thought
sie dachteshe thought
wir dachtenwe thought
ihr dachtetyou thought
sie dachtenthey thought

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gedachtI thought
du hast gedachtyou thought
er hat gedachthe thought
es hat gedachtshe thought
wir haben gedachtwe thought
ihr habt gedachtyou thought
sie haben gedachtthey thought

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gedachtI had thought
du hattest gedachtyou had thought
er hatte gedachthe had thought
es hatte gedachtshe had thought
wir hatten gedachtwe had thought
ihr hattet gedachtyou had thought
sie hatten gedachtthey had thought

FutureScored
ich werde denkenI will think
du wirst denkenyou will think
er wird denkenhe will think
sie wird denkenshe will think
wir werden denkenwe will think
ihr werdet denkenyou will think
sie werden denkenthey 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 habenI will have thought
du wirst gedacht habenyou will have thought
er wird gedacht habenhe will have thought
es wird gedacht habenshe will have thought
wir werden gedacht habenwe will have thought
ihr werdet gedacht habenyou will have thought
sie werden gedacht habenthey will have thought

ConditionalScored
ich würde denkenI would think
du würdest denkenyou would think
er würde denkenhe would think
sie würde denkenshe would think
wir würden denkenwe would think
ihr würdet denkenyou would think
sie würden denkenthey 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 gedachtI would have thought
du hättest gedachtyou would have thought
er hätte gedachthe would have thought
es hätte gedachtshe would have thought
wir hätten gedachtwe would have thought
ihr hättet gedachtyou would have thought
sie hätten gedachtthey would have thought

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich dächteI would think
du dächtestyou would think
er dächtehe would think
sie dächteshe would think
wir dächtenwe would think
ihr dächtetyou would think
sie dächtenthey would think

ImperativeScored
denke Think
denken wirLet's think
denkt Think

Present ParticipleScored
denkend thinking

Past ParticipleScored
gedacht thought


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