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Conjugation of the German verb gelten

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

Infinitive		Scored
gelten	to apply

Present		Scored
ich gelte	I apply
du giltst	you apply
er gilt	he applies
sie gilt	she applies
wir gelten	we apply
ihr geltet	you apply
sie gelten	they apply

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 galt	I applied
du galtest	you applied
er galt	he applied
sie galt	she applied
wir galten	we applied
ihr galtet	you applied
sie galten	they applied

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich gälte	I would apply
du göltest	you would apply
er gälte	he would apply
sie gälte	she would apply
wir gölten	we would apply
ihr gältet	you would apply
sie gölten	they would apply

Imperative		Scored
gelte	Apply
gelten wir	Let's apply
geltet	Apply

Present Participle		Scored
geltend	applying

Past Participle		Scored
gegolten	applied

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