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Conjugation of the German verb versuchen

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

Infinitive		Scored
versuchen	to try

Present		Scored
ich versuche	I try
du versuchst	you try
er versucht	he tries
sie versucht	she tries
wir versuchen	we try
ihr versucht	you try
sie versuchen	they try

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 versuchte	I tried
du versuchtest	you tried
er versuchte	he tried
sie versuchte	she tried
wir versuchten	we tried
ihr versuchtet	you tried
sie versuchten	they tried

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich versuchte	I would try
du versuchtest	you would try
er versuchte	he would try
sie versuchte	she would try
wir versuchten	we would try
ihr versuchtet	you would try
sie versuchten	they would try

Imperative		Scored
versuch	Try
versuchen wir	Let's try
versucht	Try

Present Participle		Scored
versuchend	trying

Past Participle		Scored
versucht	tried

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