Lexis Rex Home

Conjugation of the German verb scheitern

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

Infinitive		Scored
scheitern	to fail

Present		Scored
ich scheitere	I fail
du scheiterst	you fail
er scheitert	he fails
sie scheitert	she fails
wir scheitern	we fail
ihr scheitert	you fail
sie scheitern	they fail

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 scheiterte	I failed
du scheitertest	you failed
er scheiterte	he failed
sie scheiterte	she failed
wir scheiterten	we failed
ihr scheitertet	you failed
sie scheiterten	they failed

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich bin gescheitert	I failed
du bist gescheitert	you failed
er ist gescheitert	he failed
es ist gescheitert	she failed
wir sind gescheitert	we failed
ihr seid gescheitert	you failed
sie sind gescheitert	they failed

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich war gescheitert	I had failed
du warst gescheitert	you had failed
er war gescheitert	he had failed
es war gescheitert	she had failed
wir waren gescheitert	we had failed
ihr wart gescheitert	you had failed
sie waren gescheitert	they had failed

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

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 gescheitert sein	I will have failed
du wirst gescheitert sein	you will have failed
er wird gescheitert sein	he will have failed
es wird gescheitert sein	she will have failed
wir werden gescheitert sein	we will have failed
ihr werdet gescheitert sein	you will have failed
sie werden gescheitert sein	they will have failed

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

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 wäre gescheitert	I would have failed
du wärst gescheitert	you would have failed
er wäre gescheitert	he would have failed
es wäre gescheitert	she would have failed
wir wären gescheitert	we would have failed
ihr wärt gescheitert	you would have failed
sie wären gescheitert	they would have failed

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich scheiterte	I would fail
du scheitertest	you would fail
er scheiterte	he would fail
sie scheiterte	she would fail
wir scheiterten	we would fail
ihr scheitertet	you would fail
sie scheiterten	they would fail

Imperative		Scored
scheitere	Fail
scheitern wir	Let's fail
scheitert	Fail

Present Participle		Scored
scheiternd	failing

Past Participle		Scored
gescheitert	failed

More verbs

Learn these with

Multiple Choice

Missing Verb Game