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Conjugation of the German verb trauen

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

Infinitive		Scored
trauen	to trust

Present		Scored
ich traue	I trust
du traust	you trust
er traut	he trusts
sie traut	she trusts
wir trauen	we trust
ihr traut	you trust
sie trauen	they trust

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 traute	I trusted
du trautest	you trusted
er traute	he trusted
sie traute	she trusted
wir trauten	we trusted
ihr trautet	you trusted
sie trauten	they trusted

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich traute	I would trust
du trautest	you would trust
er traute	he would trust
sie traute	she would trust
wir trauten	we would trust
ihr trautet	you would trust
sie trauten	they would trust

Imperative		Scored
traue	Trust
trauen wir	Let's trust
traut	Trust

Present Participle		Scored
trauend	trusting

Past Participle		Scored
getraut	trusted

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