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Conjugation of the German verb vernichten

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

Infinitive		Scored
vernichten	to annihilate

Present		Scored
ich vernichte	I annihilate
du vernichtest	you annihilate
er vernichtet	he annihilates
sie vernichtet	she annihilates
wir vernichten	we annihilate
ihr vernichtet	you annihilate
sie vernichten	they annihilate

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 vernichtete	I annihilated
du vernichtetest	you annihilated
er vernichtete	he annihilated
sie vernichtete	she annihilated
wir vernichteten	we annihilated
ihr vernichtetet	you annihilated
sie vernichteten	they annihilated

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich vernichtete	I would annihilate
du vernichtetest	you would annihilate
er vernichtete	he would annihilate
sie vernichtete	she would annihilate
wir vernichteten	we would annihilate
ihr vernichtetet	you would annihilate
sie vernichteten	they would annihilate

Imperative		Scored
vernichte	Annihilate
vernichten wir	Let's annihilate
vernichtet	Annihilate

Present Participle		Scored
vernichtend	annihilating

Past Participle		Scored
vernichtet	annihilated

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