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Conjugation of the German verb fressen

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



InfinitiveScored
fressento eat

PresentScored
ich fresseI eat
du frisstyou eat
er frissthe eats
sie frisstshe eats
wir fressenwe eat
ihr fresstyou eat
sie fressenthey eat

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 fraßI ate
du fraßtyou ate
er fraßhe ate
sie fraßshe ate
wir fraßenwe ate
ihr fraßtyou ate
sie fraßenthey ate

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gefressenI ate
du hast gefressenyou ate
er hat gefressenhe ate
es hat gefressenshe ate
wir haben gefressenwe ate
ihr habt gefressenyou ate
sie haben gefressenthey ate

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gefressenI had eaten
du hattest gefressenyou had eaten
er hatte gefressenhe had eaten
es hatte gefressenshe had eaten
wir hatten gefressenwe had eaten
ihr hattet gefressenyou had eaten
sie hatten gefressenthey had eaten

FutureScored
ich werde fressenI will eat
du wirst fressenyou will eat
er wird fressenhe will eat
sie wird fressenshe will eat
wir werden fressenwe will eat
ihr werdet fressenyou will eat
sie werden fressenthey will eat

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

ConditionalScored
ich würde fressenI would eat
du würdest fressenyou would eat
er würde fressenhe would eat
sie würde fressenshe would eat
wir würden fressenwe would eat
ihr würdet fressenyou would eat
sie würden fressenthey would eat

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 gefressenI would have eaten
du hättest gefressenyou would have eaten
er hätte gefressenhe would have eaten
es hätte gefressenshe would have eaten
wir hätten gefressenwe would have eaten
ihr hättet gefressenyou would have eaten
sie hätten gefressenthey would have eaten

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich fräßeI would eat
du fräßestyou would eat
er fräßehe would eat
sie fräßeshe would eat
wir fräßenwe would eat
ihr fräßetyou would eat
sie fräßenthey would eat

ImperativeScored
friss Eat
fressen wirLet's eat
fresst Eat

Present ParticipleScored
fressend eating

Past ParticipleScored
gefressen eaten


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