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Conjugation of the German verb lehnen

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

Infinitive		Scored
lehnen	to lean against

Present		Scored
ich lehne	I lean against
du lehnst	you lean against
er lehnt	he leans against
sie lehnt	she leans against
wir lehnen	we lean against
ihr lehnt	you lean against
sie lehnen	they lean against

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 lehnte	I leaned against
du lehntest	you leaned against
er lehnte	he leaned against
sie lehnte	she leaned against
wir lehnten	we leaned against
ihr lehntet	you leaned against
sie lehnten	they leaned against

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

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

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

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 gelehnt haben	I will have leant against
du wirst gelehnt haben	you will have leant against
er wird gelehnt haben	he will have leant against
es wird gelehnt haben	she will have leant against
wir werden gelehnt haben	we will have leant against
ihr werdet gelehnt haben	you will have leant against
sie werden gelehnt haben	they will have leant against

Conditional		Scored
ich würde lehnen	I would lean against
du würdest lehnen	you would lean against
er würde lehnen	he would lean against
sie würde lehnen	she would lean against
wir würden lehnen	we would lean against
ihr würdet lehnen	you would lean against
sie würden lehnen	they would lean against

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 gelehnt	I would have leant against
du hättest gelehnt	you would have leant against
er hätte gelehnt	he would have leant against
es hätte gelehnt	she would have leant against
wir hätten gelehnt	we would have leant against
ihr hättet gelehnt	you would have leant against
sie hätten gelehnt	they would have leant against

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich lehnte	I would lean against
du lehntest	you would lean against
er lehnte	he would lean against
sie lehnte	she would lean against
wir lehnten	we would lean against
ihr lehntet	you would lean against
sie lehnten	they would lean against

Imperative		Scored
lehne	Lean against
lehnen wir	Let's lean against
lehnt	Lean against

Present Participle		Scored
lehnend	leaning against

Past Participle		Scored
gelehnt	leant against

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