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Conjugation of the German verb sprechen

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



InfinitiveScored
sprechento talk

PresentScored
ich sprecheI talk
du sprichstyou talk
er sprichthe talks
sie sprichtshe talks
wir sprechenwe talk
ihr sprechtyou talk
sie sprechenthey talk

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 sprachI talked
du sprachstyou talked
er sprachhe talked
sie sprachshe talked
wir sprachenwe talked
ihr sprachtyou talked
sie sprachenthey talked

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gesprochenI talked
du hast gesprochenyou talked
er hat gesprochenhe talked
es hat gesprochenshe talked
wir haben gesprochenwe talked
ihr habt gesprochenyou talked
sie haben gesprochenthey talked

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gesprochenI had talked
du hattest gesprochenyou had talked
er hatte gesprochenhe had talked
es hatte gesprochenshe had talked
wir hatten gesprochenwe had talked
ihr hattet gesprochenyou had talked
sie hatten gesprochenthey had talked

FutureScored
ich werde sprechenI will talk
du wirst sprechenyou will talk
er wird sprechenhe will talk
sie wird sprechenshe will talk
wir werden sprechenwe will talk
ihr werdet sprechenyou will talk
sie werden sprechenthey will talk

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

ConditionalScored
ich würde sprechenI would talk
du würdest sprechenyou would talk
er würde sprechenhe would talk
sie würde sprechenshe would talk
wir würden sprechenwe would talk
ihr würdet sprechenyou would talk
sie würden sprechenthey would talk

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 gesprochenI would have talked
du hättest gesprochenyou would have talked
er hätte gesprochenhe would have talked
es hätte gesprochenshe would have talked
wir hätten gesprochenwe would have talked
ihr hättet gesprochenyou would have talked
sie hätten gesprochenthey would have talked

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich sprächeI would talk
du sprächestyou would talk
er sprächehe would talk
sie sprächeshe would talk
wir sprächenwe would talk
ihr sprächetyou would talk
sie sprächenthey would talk

ImperativeScored
sprich Talk
sprechen wirLet's talk
sprecht Talk

Present ParticipleScored
sprechend talking

Past ParticipleScored
gesprochen talked


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