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Conjugation of the German verb erwerben

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



InfinitiveScored
erwerbento acquire

PresentScored
ich erwerbeI acquire
du erwirbstyou acquire
er erwirbthe acquires
sie erwirbtshe acquires
wir erwerbenwe acquire
ihr erwerbtyou acquire
sie erwerbenthey acquire

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 erwarbI acquired
du erwarbstyou acquired
er erwarbhe acquired
sie erwarbshe acquired
wir erwarbenwe acquired
ihr erwarbtyou acquired
sie erwarbenthey acquired

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe erworbenI acquired
du hast erworbenyou acquired
er hat erworbenhe acquired
es hat erworbenshe acquired
wir haben erworbenwe acquired
ihr habt erworbenyou acquired
sie haben erworbenthey acquired

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte erworbenI had acquired
du hattest erworbenyou had acquired
er hatte erworbenhe had acquired
es hatte erworbenshe had acquired
wir hatten erworbenwe had acquired
ihr hattet erworbenyou had acquired
sie hatten erworbenthey had acquired

FutureScored
ich werde erwerbenI will acquire
du wirst erwerbenyou will acquire
er wird erwerbenhe will acquire
sie wird erwerbenshe will acquire
wir werden erwerbenwe will acquire
ihr werdet erwerbenyou will acquire
sie werden erwerbenthey will acquire

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

ConditionalScored
ich würde erwerbenI would acquire
du würdest erwerbenyou would acquire
er würde erwerbenhe would acquire
sie würde erwerbenshe would acquire
wir würden erwerbenwe would acquire
ihr würdet erwerbenyou would acquire
sie würden erwerbenthey would acquire

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 erworbenI would have acquired
du hättest erworbenyou would have acquired
er hätte erworbenhe would have acquired
es hätte erworbenshe would have acquired
wir hätten erworbenwe would have acquired
ihr hättet erworbenyou would have acquired
sie hätten erworbenthey would have acquired

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich erwürbeI would acquire
du erwürbestyou would acquire
er erwürbehe would acquire
sie erwürbeshe would acquire
wir erwürbenwe would acquire
ihr erwürbetyou would acquire
sie erwürbenthey would acquire

ImperativeScored
erwirb Acquire
erwerben wirLet's acquire
erwerbt Acquire

Present ParticipleScored
erwerbend acquiring

Past ParticipleScored
erworben acquired


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