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Conjugation of the German verb forschen

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

Infinitive		Scored
forschen	to research

Present		Scored
du forschst	you research
er forscht	he researches
sie forscht	she researches
ihr forscht	you research

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 forschte	I researched
du forschtest	you researched
er forschte	he researched
sie forschte	she researched
wir forschten	we researched
ihr forschtet	you researched
sie forschten	they researched

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich forschte	I would research
du forschtest	you would research
er forschte	he would research
sie forschte	she would research
wir forschten	we would research
ihr forschtet	you would research
sie forschten	they would research

Imperative		Scored
forscht	Research

Present Participle		Scored
forschend	researching

Past Participle		Scored
geforscht	researched

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