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Conjugation of the German verb vergessen

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

Infinitive		Scored
vergessen	to forget

Present		Scored
ich vergesse	I forget
du vergisst	you forget
er vergisst	he forgets
sie vergisst	she forgets
wir vergessen	we forget
ihr vergesst	you forget
sie vergessen	they forget

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 vergaß	I forgot
du vergaßt	you forgot
er vergaß	he forgot
sie vergaß	she forgot
wir vergaßen	we forgot
ihr vergaßt	you forgot
sie vergaßen	they forgot

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich vergäße	I would forget
du vergäßest	you would forget
er vergäße	he would forget
sie vergäße	she would forget
wir vergäßen	we would forget
ihr vergäßet	you would forget
sie vergäßen	they would forget

Imperative		Scored
vergiss	Forget
vergessen wir	Let's forget
vergesst	Forget

Present Participle		Scored
vergessend	forgetting

Past Participle		Scored
vergessen	forgotten

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