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Conjugation of the German verb legen

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



InfinitiveScored
legento lay

PresentScored
ich legeI lay
du legstyou lay
er legthe lays
sie legtshe lays
wir legenwe lay
ihr legtyou lay
sie legenthey lay

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 legteI laid
du legtestyou laid
er legtehe laid
sie legteshe laid
wir legtenwe laid
ihr legtetyou laid
sie legtenthey laid

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gelegtI laid
du hast gelegtyou laid
er hat gelegthe laid
es hat gelegtshe laid
wir haben gelegtwe laid
ihr habt gelegtyou laid
sie haben gelegtthey laid

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gelegtI had laid
du hattest gelegtyou had laid
er hatte gelegthe had laid
es hatte gelegtshe had laid
wir hatten gelegtwe had laid
ihr hattet gelegtyou had laid
sie hatten gelegtthey had laid

FutureScored
ich werde legenI will lay
du wirst legenyou will lay
er wird legenhe will lay
sie wird legenshe will lay
wir werden legenwe will lay
ihr werdet legenyou will lay
sie werden legenthey will lay

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

ConditionalScored
ich würde legenI would lay
du würdest legenyou would lay
er würde legenhe would lay
sie würde legenshe would lay
wir würden legenwe would lay
ihr würdet legenyou would lay
sie würden legenthey would lay

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 gelegtI would have laid
du hättest gelegtyou would have laid
er hätte gelegthe would have laid
es hätte gelegtshe would have laid
wir hätten gelegtwe would have laid
ihr hättet gelegtyou would have laid
sie hätten gelegtthey would have laid

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich legteI would lay
du legtestyou would lay
er legtehe would lay
sie legteshe would lay
wir legtenwe would lay
ihr legtetyou would lay
sie legtenthey would lay

ImperativeScored
lege Lay
legen wirLet's lay
legt Lay

Present ParticipleScored
legend laying

Past ParticipleScored
gelegt laid


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