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Conjugation of the German verb erraten

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



InfinitiveScored
erratento guess

PresentScored
ich errateI guess
du errätstyou guess
er erräthe guesses
sie errätshe guesses
wir erratenwe guess
ihr erratetyou guess
sie erratenthey guess

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 errietI guessed
du errietestyou guessed
er erriethe guessed
sie errietshe guessed
wir errietenwe guessed
ihr errietetyou guessed
sie errietenthey guessed

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe erratenI guessed
du hast erratenyou guessed
er hat erratenhe guessed
es hat erratenshe guessed
wir haben erratenwe guessed
ihr habt erratenyou guessed
sie haben erratenthey guessed

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte erratenI had guessed
du hattest erratenyou had guessed
er hatte erratenhe had guessed
es hatte erratenshe had guessed
wir hatten erratenwe had guessed
ihr hattet erratenyou had guessed
sie hatten erratenthey had guessed

FutureScored
ich werde erratenI will guess
du wirst erratenyou will guess
er wird erratenhe will guess
sie wird erratenshe will guess
wir werden erratenwe will guess
ihr werdet erratenyou will guess
sie werden erratenthey will guess

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

ConditionalScored
ich würde erratenI would guess
du würdest erratenyou would guess
er würde erratenhe would guess
sie würde erratenshe would guess
wir würden erratenwe would guess
ihr würdet erratenyou would guess
sie würden erratenthey would guess

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 erratenI would have guessed
du hättest erratenyou would have guessed
er hätte erratenhe would have guessed
es hätte erratenshe would have guessed
wir hätten erratenwe would have guessed
ihr hättet erratenyou would have guessed
sie hätten erratenthey would have guessed

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich errieteI would guess
du errietestyou would guess
er errietehe would guess
sie errieteshe would guess
wir errietenwe would guess
ihr errietetyou would guess
sie errietenthey would guess

ImperativeScored
errate Guess
erraten wirLet's guess
erratet Guess

Present ParticipleScored
erratend guessing

Past ParticipleScored
erraten guessed


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