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Conjugation of the German verb finden

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



InfinitiveScored
findento find

PresentScored
ich findeI find
du findestyou find
er findethe finds
sie findetshe finds
wir findenwe find
ihr findetyou find
sie findenthey find

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 fandI found
du fandestyou found
er fandhe found
sie fandshe found
wir fandenwe found
ihr fandetyou found
sie fandenthey found

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gefundenI found
du hast gefundenyou found
er hat gefundenhe found
es hat gefundenshe found
wir haben gefundenwe found
ihr habt gefundenyou found
sie haben gefundenthey found

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gefundenI had found
du hattest gefundenyou had found
er hatte gefundenhe had found
es hatte gefundenshe had found
wir hatten gefundenwe had found
ihr hattet gefundenyou had found
sie hatten gefundenthey had found

FutureScored
ich werde findenI will find
du wirst findenyou will find
er wird findenhe will find
sie wird findenshe will find
wir werden findenwe will find
ihr werdet findenyou will find
sie werden findenthey will find

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

ConditionalScored
ich würde findenI would find
du würdest findenyou would find
er würde findenhe would find
sie würde findenshe would find
wir würden findenwe would find
ihr würdet findenyou would find
sie würden findenthey would find

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 gefundenI would have found
du hättest gefundenyou would have found
er hätte gefundenhe would have found
es hätte gefundenshe would have found
wir hätten gefundenwe would have found
ihr hättet gefundenyou would have found
sie hätten gefundenthey would have found

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich fändeI would find
du fändestyou would find
er fändehe would find
sie fändeshe would find
wir fändenwe would find
ihr fändetyou would find
sie fändenthey would find

ImperativeScored
finde Find
finden wirLet's find
findet Find

Present ParticipleScored
findend finding

Past ParticipleScored
gefunden found


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