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Conjugation of the German verb werden

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



InfinitiveScored
werdento become

PresentScored
ich werdeI become
du wirstyou become
er wirdhe becomes
sie wirdshe becomes
wir werdenwe become
ihr werdetyou become
sie werdenthey become

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.
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ich wurdeI became
du wurdestyou became
er wurdehe became
sie wurdeshe became
wir wurdenwe became
ihr wurdetyou became
sie wurdenthey became

Past / PerfektScored
ich bin gewordenI became
du bist gewordenyou became
er ist gewordenhe became
es ist gewordenshe became
wir sind gewordenwe became
ihr seid gewordenyou became
sie sind gewordenthey became

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich war gewordenI had become
du warst gewordenyou had become
er war gewordenhe had become
es war gewordenshe had become
wir waren gewordenwe had become
ihr wart gewordenyou had become
sie waren gewordenthey had become

FutureScored
ich werde werdenI will become
du wirst werdenyou will become
er wird werdenhe will become
sie wird werdenshe will become
wir werden werdenwe will become
ihr werdet werdenyou will become
sie werden werdenthey will become

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.
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ich werde geworden seinI will have become
du wirst geworden seinyou will have become
er wird geworden seinhe will have become
es wird geworden seinshe will have become
wir werden geworden seinwe will have become
ihr werdet geworden seinyou will have become
sie werden geworden seinthey will have become

ConditionalScored
ich würde werdenI would become
du würdest werdenyou would become
er würde werdenhe would become
sie würde werdenshe would become
wir würden werdenwe would become
ihr würdet werdenyou would become
sie würden werdenthey would become

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.
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ich wäre gewordenI would have become
du wärst gewordenyou would have become
er wäre gewordenhe would have become
es wäre gewordenshe would have become
wir wären gewordenwe would have become
ihr wärt gewordenyou would have become
sie wären gewordenthey would have become

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich würdeI would become
du würdestyou would become
er würdehe would become
sie würdeshe would become
wir würdenwe would become
ihr würdetyou would become
sie würdenthey would become

ImperativeScored
werde Become
werden wirLet's become
werdet Become

Present ParticipleScored
werdend becoming

Past ParticipleScored
geworden become


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