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Conjugation of the German verb zittern

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

Infinitive		Scored
zittern	to tremble

Present		Scored
ich zittere	I tremble
du zitterst	you tremble
er zittert	he trembles
sie zittert	she trembles
wir zittern	we tremble
ihr zittert	you tremble
sie zittern	they tremble

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 zitterte	I trembled
du zittertest	you trembled
er zitterte	he trembled
sie zitterte	she trembled
wir zitterten	we trembled
ihr zittertet	you trembled
sie zitterten	they trembled

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich zitterte	I would tremble
du zittertest	you would tremble
er zitterte	he would tremble
sie zitterte	she would tremble
wir zitterten	we would tremble
ihr zittertet	you would tremble
sie zitterten	they would tremble

Imperative		Scored
zittere	Tremble
zittern wir	Let's tremble
zittert	Tremble

Present Participle		Scored
zitternd	trembling

Past Participle		Scored
gezittert	trembled

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