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Conjugation of the German verb verbessern

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

Infinitive		Scored
verbessern	to improve

Present		Scored
ich verbessere	I improve
du verbesserst	you improve
er verbessert	he improves
sie verbessert	she improves
wir verbessern	we improve
ihr verbessert	you improve
sie verbessern	they improve

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 verbesserte	I improved
du verbessertest	you improved
er verbesserte	he improved
sie verbesserte	she improved
wir verbesserten	we improved
ihr verbessertet	you improved
sie verbesserten	they improved

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich verbesserte	I would improve
du verbessertest	you would improve
er verbesserte	he would improve
sie verbesserte	she would improve
wir verbesserten	we would improve
ihr verbessertet	you would improve
sie verbesserten	they would improve

Imperative		Scored
verbesser	Improve
verbessern wir	Let's improve
verbessert	Improve

Present Participle		Scored
verbessernd	improving

Past Participle		Scored
verbessert	improved

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