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Conjugation of the German verb lehren

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



InfinitiveScored
lehrento teach

PresentScored
ich lehreI teach
du lehrstyou teach
er lehrthe teaches
sie lehrtshe teaches
wir lehrenwe teach
ihr lehrtyou teach
sie lehrenthey teach

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 lehrteI taught
du lehrtestyou taught
er lehrtehe taught
sie lehrteshe taught
wir lehrtenwe taught
ihr lehrtetyou taught
sie lehrtenthey taught

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gelehrtI taught
du hast gelehrtyou taught
er hat gelehrthe taught
es hat gelehrtshe taught
wir haben gelehrtwe taught
ihr habt gelehrtyou taught
sie haben gelehrtthey taught

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gelehrtI had taught
du hattest gelehrtyou had taught
er hatte gelehrthe had taught
es hatte gelehrtshe had taught
wir hatten gelehrtwe had taught
ihr hattet gelehrtyou had taught
sie hatten gelehrtthey had taught

FutureScored
ich werde lehrenI will teach
du wirst lehrenyou will teach
er wird lehrenhe will teach
sie wird lehrenshe will teach
wir werden lehrenwe will teach
ihr werdet lehrenyou will teach
sie werden lehrenthey will teach

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

ConditionalScored
ich würde lehrenI would teach
du würdest lehrenyou would teach
er würde lehrenhe would teach
sie würde lehrenshe would teach
wir würden lehrenwe would teach
ihr würdet lehrenyou would teach
sie würden lehrenthey would teach

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 gelehrtI would have taught
du hättest gelehrtyou would have taught
er hätte gelehrthe would have taught
es hätte gelehrtshe would have taught
wir hätten gelehrtwe would have taught
ihr hättet gelehrtyou would have taught
sie hätten gelehrtthey would have taught

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich lehrteI would teach
du lehrtestyou would teach
er lehrtehe would teach
sie lehrteshe would teach
wir lehrtenwe would teach
ihr lehrtetyou would teach
sie lehrtenthey would teach

ImperativeScored
lehre Teach
lehren wirLet's teach
lehrt Teach

Present ParticipleScored
lehrend teaching

Past ParticipleScored
gelehrt taught


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