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Conjugation of the German verb zögern

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

Infinitive		Scored
zögern	to hesitate

Present		Scored
ich zögere	I hesitate
du zögerst	you hesitate
er zögert	he hesitates
sie zögert	she hesitates
wir zögern	we hesitate
ihr zögert	you hesitate
sie zögern	they hesitate

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 zögerte	I hesitated
du zögertest	you hesitated
er zögerte	he hesitated
sie zögerte	she hesitated
wir zögerten	we hesitated
ihr zögertet	you hesitated
sie zögerten	they hesitated

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

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

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

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 gezögert haben	I will have hesitated
du wirst gezögert haben	you will have hesitated
er wird gezögert haben	he will have hesitated
es wird gezögert haben	she will have hesitated
wir werden gezögert haben	we will have hesitated
ihr werdet gezögert haben	you will have hesitated
sie werden gezögert haben	they will have hesitated

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

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 gezögert	I would have hesitated
du hättest gezögert	you would have hesitated
er hätte gezögert	he would have hesitated
es hätte gezögert	she would have hesitated
wir hätten gezögert	we would have hesitated
ihr hättet gezögert	you would have hesitated
sie hätten gezögert	they would have hesitated

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich zögerte	I would hesitate
du zögertest	you would hesitate
er zögerte	he would hesitate
sie zögerte	she would hesitate
wir zögerten	we would hesitate
ihr zögertet	you would hesitate
sie zögerten	they would hesitate

Imperative		Scored
zögre	Hesitate
zögern wir	Let's hesitate
zögert	Hesitate

Present Participle		Scored
zögernd	hesitating

Past Participle		Scored
gezögert	hesitated

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