German tenses and moods

10 German tenses and moods explained: when to use each one, endings, irregular verbs and examples.

PräsensA1 — Beginner · The present tense: actions happening now, habits and general facts.PerfektA1 — Beginner · The spoken past: haben/sein + past participle.PräteritumA2 — Elementary · The narrative past, used in writing and for sein/haben/modals.ImperativA2 — Elementary · Commands for du, ihr, wir and the formal Sie.Futur IA2 — Elementary · Future and assumptions: werden + infinitive.PlusquamperfektB1 — Intermediate · An action before another past action: hatte/war + participle.Konjunktiv II GegenwartB1 — Intermediate · Hypotheses and polite requests: würde + infinitive, or synthetic forms.Konjunktiv II VergangenheitB1 — Intermediate · Unreal past: hätte/wäre + past participle.Konjunktiv I GegenwartB2 — Upper Intermediate · Reported speech, mainly in the 3rd person singular.Futur IIB2 — Upper Intermediate · Completed future or assumption: werden + participle + haben/sein.

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