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Conjugation of the German verb widerstehen

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

Infinitive		Scored
widerstehen	to resist

Present		Scored
ich widerstehe	I resist
du widerstehst	you resist
er widersteht	he resists
sie widersteht	she resists
wir widerstehen	we resist
ihr widersteht	you resist
sie widerstehen	they resist

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 widerstand	I resisted
du widerstandest	you resisted
er widerstand	he resisted
sie widerstand	she resisted
wir widerstanden	we resisted
ihr widerstandet	you resisted
sie widerstanden	they resisted

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

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

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

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 widerstanden sein	I will have resisted
du wirst widerstanden sein	you will have resisted
er wird widerstanden sein	he will have resisted
es wird widerstanden sein	she will have resisted
wir werden widerstanden sein	we will have resisted
ihr werdet widerstanden sein	you will have resisted
sie werden widerstanden sein	they will have resisted

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

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 widerstanden	I would have resisted
du wärst widerstanden	you would have resisted
er wäre widerstanden	he would have resisted
es wäre widerstanden	she would have resisted
wir wären widerstanden	we would have resisted
ihr wärt widerstanden	you would have resisted
sie wären widerstanden	they would have resisted

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich widerstünde	I would resist
du widerständest	you would resist
er widerstünde	he would resist
sie widerstünde	she would resist
wir widerstünden	we would resist
ihr widerständet	you would resist
sie widerstünden	they would resist

Imperative		Scored
widersteh	Resist
widerstehen wir	Let's resist
widersteht	Resist

Present Participle		Scored
widerstehend	resisting

Past Participle		Scored
widerstanden	resisted

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