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Conjugation of the German verb dürfen

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

Infinitive		Scored
dürfen	to be allowed to

Present		Scored
ich darf	I may
du darfst	you may
er darf	he may
sie darf	she may
wir dürfen	we may
ihr dürft	you may
sie dürfen	they may

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 durfte	I was allowed to
du durftest	you were allowed to
er durfte	he was allowed to
sie durfte	she was allowed to
wir durften	we were allowed to
ihr durftet	you were allowed to
sie durften	they were allowed to

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe gedurft	I was allowed to
du hast gedurft	you were allowed to
er hat gedurft	he was allowed to
es hat gedurft	she was allowed to
wir haben gedurft	we were allowed to
ihr habt gedurft	you were allowed to
sie haben gedurft	they were allowed to

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte gedurft	I had been allowed to
du hattest gedurft	you had been allowed to
er hatte gedurft	he had been allowed to
es hatte gedurft	she had been allowed to
wir hatten gedurft	we had been allowed to
ihr hattet gedurft	you had been allowed to
sie hatten gedurft	they had been allowed to

Future		Scored
ich werde dürfen	I will be allowed to
du wirst dürfen	you will be allowed to
er wird dürfen	he will be allowed to
sie wird dürfen	she will be allowed to
wir werden dürfen	we will be allowed to
ihr werdet dürfen	you will be allowed to
sie werden dürfen	they will be allowed to

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 gedurft haben	I will have been allowed to
du wirst gedurft haben	you will have been allowed to
er wird gedurft haben	he will have been allowed to
es wird gedurft haben	she will have been allowed to
wir werden gedurft haben	we will have been allowed to
ihr werdet gedurft haben	you will have been allowed to
sie werden gedurft haben	they will have been allowed to

Conditional		Scored
ich würde dürfen	I would be allowed to
du würdest dürfen	you would be allowed to
er würde dürfen	he would be allowed to
sie würde dürfen	she would be allowed to
wir würden dürfen	we would be allowed to
ihr würdet dürfen	you would be allowed to
sie würden dürfen	they would be allowed to

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 gedurft	I would have been allowed to
du hättest gedurft	you would have been allowed to
er hätte gedurft	he would have been allowed to
es hätte gedurft	she would have been allowed to
wir hätten gedurft	we would have been allowed to
ihr hättet gedurft	you would have been allowed to
sie hätten gedurft	they would have been allowed to

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich dürfte	I would be allowed to
du dürftest	you would be allowed to
er dürfte	he would be allowed to
sie dürfte	she would be allowed to
wir dürften	we would be allowed to
ihr dürftet	you would be allowed to
sie dürften	they would be allowed to

Present Participle		Scored
dürfend	being allowed to

Past Participle		Scored
gedurft	been allowed to

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