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Conjugation of the German verb rufen

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

Infinitive		Scored
rufen	to call

Present		Scored
ich rufe	I call
du rufst	you call
er ruft	he calls
sie ruft	she calls
wir rufen	we call
ihr ruft	you call
sie rufen	they call

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 rief	I called
du riefst	you called
er rief	he called
sie rief	she called
wir riefen	we called
ihr rieft	you called
sie riefen	they called

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich riefe	I would call
du riefest	you would call
er riefe	he would call
sie riefe	she would call
wir riefen	we would call
ihr riefet	you would call
sie riefen	they would call

Imperative		Scored
ruf	Call
rufen wir	Let's call
ruft	Call

Present Participle		Scored
rufend	calling

Past Participle		Scored
gerufen	called

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