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Conjugation of the German verb empfangen

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

Infinitive		Scored
empfangen	to receive

Present		Scored
ich empfange	I receive
du empfängst	you receive
er empfängt	he receives
sie empfängt	she receives
wir empfangen	we receive
ihr empfangt	you receive
sie empfangen	they receive

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 empfing	I received
du empfingst	you received
er empfing	he received
sie empfing	she received
wir empfingen	we received
ihr empfingt	you received
sie empfingen	they received

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich empfinge	I would receive
du empfingest	you would receive
er empfinge	he would receive
sie empfinge	she would receive
wir empfingen	we would receive
ihr empfinget	you would receive
sie empfingen	they would receive

Imperative		Scored
empfang	Receive
empfangen wir	Let's receive
empfangt	Receive

Present Participle		Scored
empfangend	receiving

Past Participle		Scored
empfangen	received

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