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Conjugation of the German verb tun

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



InfinitiveScored
tunto do

PresentScored
ich tueI do
du tustyou do
er tuthe does
sie tutshe does
wir tunwe do
ihr tutyou do
sie tunthey do

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.
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ich tatI did
du tatestyou did
er tathe did
sie tatshe did
wir tatenwe did
ihr tatetyou did
sie tatenthey did

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe getanI did
du hast getanyou did
er hat getanhe did
es hat getanshe did
wir haben getanwe did
ihr habt getanyou did
sie haben getanthey did

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte getanI had done
du hattest getanyou had done
er hatte getanhe had done
es hatte getanshe had done
wir hatten getanwe had done
ihr hattet getanyou had done
sie hatten getanthey had done

FutureScored
ich werde tunI will do
du wirst tunyou will do
er wird tunhe will do
sie wird tunshe will do
wir werden tunwe will do
ihr werdet tunyou will do
sie werden tunthey will do

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.
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ich werde getan habenI will have done
du wirst getan habenyou will have done
er wird getan habenhe will have done
es wird getan habenshe will have done
wir werden getan habenwe will have done
ihr werdet getan habenyou will have done
sie werden getan habenthey will have done

ConditionalScored
ich würde tunI would do
du würdest tunyou would do
er würde tunhe would do
sie würde tunshe would do
wir würden tunwe would do
ihr würdet tunyou would do
sie würden tunthey would do

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.
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ich hätte getanI would have done
du hättest getanyou would have done
er hätte getanhe would have done
es hätte getanshe would have done
wir hätten getanwe would have done
ihr hättet getanyou would have done
sie hätten getanthey would have done

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich täteI would do
du tätestyou would do
er tätehe would do
sie täteshe would do
wir tätenwe would do
ihr tätetyou would do
sie tätenthey would do

ImperativeScored
tue Do
tun wirLet's do
tut Do

Present ParticipleScored
tuend doing

Past ParticipleScored
getan done


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