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Conjugation of the German verb helfen

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



InfinitiveScored
helfento help

PresentScored
ich helfeI help
du hilfstyou help
er hilfthe helps
sie hilftshe helps
wir helfenwe help
ihr helftyou help
sie helfenthey help

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 halfI helped
du halfstyou helped
er halfhe helped
sie halfshe helped
wir halfenwe helped
ihr halftyou helped
sie halfenthey helped

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe geholfenI helped
du hast geholfenyou helped
er hat geholfenhe helped
es hat geholfenshe helped
wir haben geholfenwe helped
ihr habt geholfenyou helped
sie haben geholfenthey helped

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte geholfenI had helped
du hattest geholfenyou had helped
er hatte geholfenhe had helped
es hatte geholfenshe had helped
wir hatten geholfenwe had helped
ihr hattet geholfenyou had helped
sie hatten geholfenthey had helped

FutureScored
ich werde helfenI will help
du wirst helfenyou will help
er wird helfenhe will help
sie wird helfenshe will help
wir werden helfenwe will help
ihr werdet helfenyou will help
sie werden helfenthey will help

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.
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ich werde geholfen habenI will have helped
du wirst geholfen habenyou will have helped
er wird geholfen habenhe will have helped
es wird geholfen habenshe will have helped
wir werden geholfen habenwe will have helped
ihr werdet geholfen habenyou will have helped
sie werden geholfen habenthey will have helped

ConditionalScored
ich würde helfenI would help
du würdest helfenyou would help
er würde helfenhe would help
sie würde helfenshe would help
wir würden helfenwe would help
ihr würdet helfenyou would help
sie würden helfenthey would help

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.
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ich hätte geholfenI would have helped
du hättest geholfenyou would have helped
er hätte geholfenhe would have helped
es hätte geholfenshe would have helped
wir hätten geholfenwe would have helped
ihr hättet geholfenyou would have helped
sie hätten geholfenthey would have helped

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich hülfeI would help
du hülfestyou would help
er hülfehe would help
sie hülfeshe would help
wir hülfenwe would help
ihr hülfetyou would help
sie hülfenthey would help

ImperativeScored
hilf Help
helfen wirLet's help
helft Help

Present ParticipleScored
helfend helping

Past ParticipleScored
geholfen helped


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