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Conjugation of the German verb erpressen

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

Infinitive		Scored
erpressen	to blackmail

Present		Scored
ich erpresse	I blackmail
du erpresst	you blackmail
er erpresst	he blackmails
sie erpresst	she blackmails
wir erpressen	we blackmail
ihr erpresst	you blackmail
sie erpressen	they blackmail

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 erpresste	I blackmailed
du erpresstest	you blackmailed
er erpresste	he blackmailed
sie erpresste	she blackmailed
wir erpressten	we blackmailed
ihr erpresstet	you blackmailed
sie erpressten	they blackmailed

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich erpresste	I would blackmail
du erpresstest	you would blackmail
er erpresste	he would blackmail
sie erpresste	she would blackmail
wir erpressten	we would blackmail
ihr erpresstet	you would blackmail
sie erpressten	they would blackmail

Imperative		Scored
erpresse	Blackmail
erpressen wir	Let's blackmail
erpresst	Blackmail

Present Participle		Scored
erpressend	blackmailing

Past Participle		Scored
erpresst	blackmailed

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