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Conjugation of the German verb dienen

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



InfinitiveScored
dienento serve

PresentScored
ich dieneI serve
du dienstyou serve
er dienthe serves
sie dientshe serves
wir dienenwe serve
ihr dientyou serve
sie dienenthey serve

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 dienteI served
du dientestyou served
er dientehe served
sie dienteshe served
wir dientenwe served
ihr dientetyou served
sie diententhey served

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gedientI served
du hast gedientyou served
er hat gedienthe served
es hat gedientshe served
wir haben gedientwe served
ihr habt gedientyou served
sie haben gedientthey served

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gedientI had served
du hattest gedientyou had served
er hatte gedienthe had served
es hatte gedientshe had served
wir hatten gedientwe had served
ihr hattet gedientyou had served
sie hatten gedientthey had served

FutureScored
ich werde dienenI will serve
du wirst dienenyou will serve
er wird dienenhe will serve
sie wird dienenshe will serve
wir werden dienenwe will serve
ihr werdet dienenyou will serve
sie werden dienenthey will serve

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

ConditionalScored
ich würde dienenI would serve
du würdest dienenyou would serve
er würde dienenhe would serve
sie würde dienenshe would serve
wir würden dienenwe would serve
ihr würdet dienenyou would serve
sie würden dienenthey would serve

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 gedientI would have served
du hättest gedientyou would have served
er hätte gedienthe would have served
es hätte gedientshe would have served
wir hätten gedientwe would have served
ihr hättet gedientyou would have served
sie hätten gedientthey would have served

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich dienteI would serve
du dientestyou would serve
er dientehe would serve
sie dienteshe would serve
wir dientenwe would serve
ihr dientetyou would serve
sie diententhey would serve

ImperativeScored
dien Serve
dienen wirLet's serve
dient Serve

Present ParticipleScored
dienend serving

Past ParticipleScored
gedient served


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