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Conjugation of the German verb wirken

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

Infinitive		Scored
wirken	to take effect

Present		Scored
ich wirke	I take effect
du wirkst	you take effect
er wirkt	he takes effect
sie wirkt	she takes effect
wir wirken	we take effect
ihr wirkt	you take effect
sie wirken	they take effect

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 wirkte	I took effect
du wirktest	you took effect
er wirkte	he took effect
sie wirkte	she took effect
wir wirkten	we took effect
ihr wirktet	you took effect
sie wirkten	they took effect

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

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

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

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 gewirkt haben	I will have taken effect
du wirst gewirkt haben	you will have taken effect
er wird gewirkt haben	he will have taken effect
es wird gewirkt haben	she will have taken effect
wir werden gewirkt haben	we will have taken effect
ihr werdet gewirkt haben	you will have taken effect
sie werden gewirkt haben	they will have taken effect

Conditional		Scored
ich würde wirken	I would take effect
du würdest wirken	you would take effect
er würde wirken	he would take effect
sie würde wirken	she would take effect
wir würden wirken	we would take effect
ihr würdet wirken	you would take effect
sie würden wirken	they would take effect

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 gewirkt	I would have taken effect
du hättest gewirkt	you would have taken effect
er hätte gewirkt	he would have taken effect
es hätte gewirkt	she would have taken effect
wir hätten gewirkt	we would have taken effect
ihr hättet gewirkt	you would have taken effect
sie hätten gewirkt	they would have taken effect

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich wirkte	I would take effect
du wirktest	you would take effect
er wirkte	he would take effect
sie wirkte	she would take effect
wir wirkten	we would take effect
ihr wirktet	you would take effect
sie wirkten	they would take effect

Imperative		Scored
wirke	Take effect
wirken wir	Let's take effect
wirkt	Take effect

Present Participle		Scored
wirkend	taking effect

Past Participle		Scored
gewirkt	taken effect

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