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Conjugation of the German verb verstehen

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

Infinitive		Scored
verstehen	to understand

Present		Scored
ich verstehe	I understand
du verstehst	you understand
er versteht	he understands
sie versteht	she understands
wir verstehen	we understand
ihr versteht	you understand
sie verstehen	they understand

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 verstand	I understood
du verstandest	you understood
er verstand	he understood
sie verstand	she understood
wir verstehen	we understood
ihr verstandet	you understood
sie verstehen	they understood

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich verstünde	I would understand
du verstündest	you would understand
er verstünde	he would understand
sie verstünde	she would understand
wir verstünden	we would understand
ihr verständet	you would understand
sie verstünden	they would understand

Imperative		Scored
versteh	Understand
verstehen wir	Let's understand
versteht	Understand

Present Participle		Scored
verstehend	understanding

Past Participle		Scored
verstanden	understood

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