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Conjugation of the German verb verhaften

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

Infinitive		Scored
verhaften	to arrest

Present		Scored
ich verhafte	I arrest
du verhaftest	you arrest
er verhaftet	he arrests
sie verhaftet	she arrests
wir verhaften	we arrest
ihr verhaftet	you arrest
sie verhaften	they arrest

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 verhaftete	I arrested
du verhaftetest	you arrested
er verhaftete	he arrested
sie verhaftete	she arrested
wir verhafteten	we arrested
ihr verhaftetet	you arrested
sie verhafteten	they arrested

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich verhaftete	I would arrest
du verhaftetest	you would arrest
er verhaftete	he would arrest
sie verhaftete	she would arrest
wir verhafteten	we would arrest
ihr verhaftetet	you would arrest
sie verhafteten	they would arrest

Imperative		Scored
verhafte	Arrest
verhaften wir	Let's arrest
verhaftet	Arrest

Present Participle		Scored
verhaftend	arresting

Past Participle		Scored
verhaftet	arrested

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