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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.

Infinitive		Scored
werden	to become

Present		Scored
ich werde	I become
du wirst	you become
er wird	he becomes
sie wird	she becomes
wir werden	we become
ihr werdet	you become
sie werden	they 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.		Scored
ich wurde	I became
du wurdest	you became
er wurde	he became
sie wurde	she became
wir wurden	we became
ihr wurdet	you became
sie wurden	they became

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich bin geworden	I became
du bist geworden	you became
er ist geworden	he became
es ist geworden	she became
wir sind geworden	we became
ihr seid geworden	you became
sie sind geworden	they became

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich war geworden	I had become
du warst geworden	you had become
er war geworden	he had become
es war geworden	she had become
wir waren geworden	we had become
ihr wart geworden	you had become
sie waren geworden	they had become

Future		Scored
ich werde werden	I will become
du wirst werden	you will become
er wird werden	he will become
sie wird werden	she will become
wir werden werden	we will become
ihr werdet werden	you will become
sie werden werden	they 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.		Scored
ich werde geworden sein	I will have become
du wirst geworden sein	you will have become
er wird geworden sein	he will have become
es wird geworden sein	she will have become
wir werden geworden sein	we will have become
ihr werdet geworden sein	you will have become
sie werden geworden sein	they will have become

Conditional		Scored
ich würde werden	I would become
du würdest werden	you would become
er würde werden	he would become
sie würde werden	she would become
wir würden werden	we would become
ihr würdet werden	you would become
sie würden werden	they 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.		Scored
ich wäre geworden	I would have become
du wärst geworden	you would have become
er wäre geworden	he would have become
es wäre geworden	she would have become
wir wären geworden	we would have become
ihr wärt geworden	you would have become
sie wären geworden	they would have become

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich würde	I would become
du würdest	you would become
er würde	he would become
sie würde	she would become
wir würden	we would become
ihr würdet	you would become
sie würden	they would become

Imperative		Scored
werde	Become
werden wir	Let's become
werdet	Become

Present Participle		Scored
werdend	becoming

Past Participle		Scored
geworden	become

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