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Conjugation of the German verb kochen

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

Infinitive		Scored
kochen	to cook

Present		Scored
ich koche	I cook
du kochst	you cook
er kocht	he cooks
sie kocht	she cooks
wir kochen	we cook
ihr kocht	you cook
sie kochen	they cook

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 kochte	I cooked
du kochtest	you cooked
er kochte	he cooked
sie kochte	she cooked
wir kochten	we cooked
ihr kochtet	you cooked
sie kochten	they cooked

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich kochte	I would cook
du kochtest	you would cook
er kochte	he would cook
sie kochte	she would cook
wir kochten	we would cook
ihr kochtet	you would cook
sie kochten	they would cook

Imperative		Scored
koch	Cook
kochen wir	Let's cook
kocht	Cook

Present Participle		Scored
kochend	cooking

Past Participle		Scored
gekocht	cooked

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