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Conjugation of the German verb riechen

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



InfinitiveScored
riechento smell

PresentScored
ich riecheI smell
du riechstyou smell
er riechthe smells
sie riechtshe smells
wir riechenwe smell
ihr riechtyou smell
sie riechenthey smell

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 rochI smelled
du rochstyou smelled
er rochhe smelled
sie rochshe smelled
wir rochenwe smelled
ihr rochtyou smelled
sie rochenthey smelled

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gerochenI smelled
du hast gerochenyou smelled
er hat gerochenhe smelled
es hat gerochenshe smelled
wir haben gerochenwe smelled
ihr habt gerochenyou smelled
sie haben gerochenthey smelled

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gerochenI had smelled
du hattest gerochenyou had smelled
er hatte gerochenhe had smelled
es hatte gerochenshe had smelled
wir hatten gerochenwe had smelled
ihr hattet gerochenyou had smelled
sie hatten gerochenthey had smelled

FutureScored
ich werde riechenI will smell
du wirst riechenyou will smell
er wird riechenhe will smell
sie wird riechenshe will smell
wir werden riechenwe will smell
ihr werdet riechenyou will smell
sie werden riechenthey will smell

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

ConditionalScored
ich würde riechenI would smell
du würdest riechenyou would smell
er würde riechenhe would smell
sie würde riechenshe would smell
wir würden riechenwe would smell
ihr würdet riechenyou would smell
sie würden riechenthey would smell

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 gerochenI would have smelled
du hättest gerochenyou would have smelled
er hätte gerochenhe would have smelled
es hätte gerochenshe would have smelled
wir hätten gerochenwe would have smelled
ihr hättet gerochenyou would have smelled
sie hätten gerochenthey would have smelled

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich röcheI would smell
du röchestyou would smell
er röchehe would smell
sie röcheshe would smell
wir röchenwe would smell
ihr röchetyou would smell
sie röchenthey would smell

ImperativeScored
rieche Smell
riechen wirLet's smell
riecht Smell

Present ParticipleScored
riechend smelling

Past ParticipleScored
gerochen smelled


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