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Conjugation of the German verb verzichten

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

Infinitive		Scored
verzichten	to renounce

Present		Scored
ich verzichte	I renounce
du verzichtest	you renounce
wir verzichten	we renounce
ihr verzichtet	you renounce
sie verzichten	they renounce

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 verzichtete	I renounced
du verzichtetest	you renounced
er verzichtete	he renounced
sie verzichtete	she renounced
wir verzichteten	we renounced
ihr verzichtetet	you renounced
sie verzichteten	they renounced

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich verzichtete	I would renounce
du verzichtetest	you would renounce
er verzichtete	he would renounce
sie verzichtete	she would renounce
wir verzichteten	we would renounce
ihr verzichtetet	you would renounce
sie verzichteten	they would renounce

Imperative		Scored
verzichte	Renounce
verzichten wir	Let's renounce
verzichtet	Renounce

Present Participle		Scored
verzichtend	renouncing

Past Participle		Scored
verzichtet	renounced

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