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Conjugation of the German verb wachen

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

Infinitive		Scored
wachen	to be awake

Present		Scored
ich wache	I am awake
du wachst	you are awake
er wacht	he is awake
sie wacht	she is awake
wir wachen	we are awake
ihr wacht	you are awake
sie wachen	they are awake

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 wachte	I was awake
du wachtest	you were awake
er wachte	he was awake
sie wachte	she was awake
wir wachten	we were awake
ihr wachtet	you were awake
sie wachten	they were awake

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe gewacht	I was awake
du hast gewacht	you were awake
er hat gewacht	he was awake
es hat gewacht	she was awake
wir haben gewacht	we were awake
ihr habt gewacht	you were awake
sie haben gewacht	they were awake

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

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

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 gewacht haben	I will have been awake
du wirst gewacht haben	you will have been awake
er wird gewacht haben	he will have been awake
es wird gewacht haben	she will have been awake
wir werden gewacht haben	we will have been awake
ihr werdet gewacht haben	you will have been awake
sie werden gewacht haben	they will have been awake

Conditional		Scored
ich würde wachen	I would be awake
du würdest wachen	you would be awake
er würde wachen	he would be awake
sie würde wachen	she would be awake
wir würden wachen	we would be awake
ihr würdet wachen	you would be awake
sie würden wachen	they would be awake

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 gewacht	I would have been awake
du hättest gewacht	you would have been awake
er hätte gewacht	he would have been awake
es hätte gewacht	she would have been awake
wir hätten gewacht	we would have been awake
ihr hättet gewacht	you would have been awake
sie hätten gewacht	they would have been awake

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich wachte	I would be awake
du wachtest	you would be awake
er wachte	he would be awake
sie wachte	she would be awake
wir wachten	we would be awake
ihr wachtet	you would be awake
sie wachten	they would be awake

Imperative		Scored
wache	Be awake
wachen wir	Let's be awake
wacht	Be awake

Present Participle		Scored
wachend	being awake

Past Participle		Scored
gewacht	been awake

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