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Conjugation of the German verb bauen

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



InfinitiveScored
bauento build

PresentScored
ich baueI build
du baustyou build
er bauthe builds
sie bautshe builds
wir bauenwe build
ihr bautyou build
sie bauenthey build

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 bauteI built
du bautestyou built
er bautehe built
sie bauteshe built
wir bautenwe built
ihr bautetyou built
sie bautenthey built

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gebautI built
du hast gebautyou built
er hat gebauthe built
es hat gebautshe built
wir haben gebautwe built
ihr habt gebautyou built
sie haben gebautthey built

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gebautI had built
du hattest gebautyou had built
er hatte gebauthe had built
es hatte gebautshe had built
wir hatten gebautwe had built
ihr hattet gebautyou had built
sie hatten gebautthey had built

FutureScored
ich werde bauenI will build
du wirst bauenyou will build
er wird bauenhe will build
sie wird bauenshe will build
wir werden bauenwe will build
ihr werdet bauenyou will build
sie werden bauenthey will build

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 gebaut habenI will have built
du wirst gebaut habenyou will have built
er wird gebaut habenhe will have built
es wird gebaut habenshe will have built
wir werden gebaut habenwe will have built
ihr werdet gebaut habenyou will have built
sie werden gebaut habenthey will have built

ConditionalScored
ich würde bauenI would build
du würdest bauenyou would build
er würde bauenhe would build
sie würde bauenshe would build
wir würden bauenwe would build
ihr würdet bauenyou would build
sie würden bauenthey would build

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 gebautI would have built
du hättest gebautyou would have built
er hätte gebauthe would have built
es hätte gebautshe would have built
wir hätten gebautwe would have built
ihr hättet gebautyou would have built
sie hätten gebautthey would have built

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich bauteI would build
du bautestyou would build
er bautehe would build
sie bauteshe would build
wir bautenwe would build
ihr bautetyou would build
sie bautenthey would build

ImperativeScored
baue Build
bauen wirLet's build
baut Build

Present ParticipleScored
bauend building

Past ParticipleScored
gebaut built


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