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Conjugation of the German verb verdienen

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

Infinitive		Scored
verdienen	to deserve

Present		Scored
ich verdiene	I deserve
du verdienst	you deserve
er verdient	he deserves
sie verdient	she deserves
wir verdienen	we deserve
ihr verdient	you deserve
sie verdienen	they deserve

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 verdiente	I deserved
du verdientest	you deserved
er verdiente	he deserved
sie verdiente	she deserved
wir verdienten	we deserved
ihr verdientet	you deserved
sie verdienten	they deserved

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich verdiente	I would deserve
du verdientest	you would deserve
er verdiente	he would deserve
sie verdiente	she would deserve
wir verdienten	we would deserve
ihr verdientet	you would deserve
sie verdienten	they would deserve

Imperative		Scored
verdien	Deserve
verdienen wir	Let's deserve
verdient	Deserve

Present Participle		Scored
verdienend	deserving

Past Participle		Scored
verdient	deserved

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