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Conjugation of the German verb nehmen

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

Infinitive		Scored
nehmen	to take

Present		Scored
ich nehme	I take
du nimmst	you take
er nimmt	he takes
sie nimmt	she takes
wir nehmen	we take
ihr nehmt	you take
sie nehmen	they take

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 nahm	I took
du nahmst	you took
er nahm	he took
sie nahm	she took
wir nahmen	we took
ihr nahmt	you took
sie nahmen	they took

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich nähme	I would take
du nähmest	you would take
er nähme	he would take
sie nähme	she would take
wir nähmen	we would take
ihr nähmet	you would take
sie nähmen	they would take

Imperative		Scored
nimm	Take
nehmen wir	Let's take
nehmt	Take

Present Participle		Scored
nehmend	taking

Past Participle		Scored
genommen	taken

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