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Conjugation of the German verb fordern

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

Infinitive		Scored
fordern	to demand

Present		Scored
ich fordere	I demand
du forderst	you demand
er fordert	he demands
sie fordert	she demands
wir fordern	we demand
ihr fordert	you demand
sie fordern	they demand

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 forderte	I demanded
du fordertest	you demanded
er forderte	he demanded
sie forderte	she demanded
wir forderten	we demanded
ihr fordertet	you demanded
sie forderten	they demanded

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich forderte	I would demand
du fordertest	you would demand
er forderte	he would demand
sie forderte	she would demand
wir forderten	we would demand
ihr fordertet	you would demand
sie forderten	they would demand

Imperative		Scored
fordre	Demand
fordern wir	Let's demand
fordert	Demand

Present Participle		Scored
fordernd	demanding

Past Participle		Scored
gefordert	demanded

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