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Conjugation of the German verb erinnern

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

Infinitive		Scored
erinnern	to remind

Present		Scored
ich erinnere	I remind
du erinnerst	you remind
er erinnert	he reminds
sie erinnert	she reminds
wir erinnern	we remind
ihr erinnert	you remind
sie erinnern	they remind

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 erinnerte	I reminded
du erinnertest	you reminded
er erinnerte	he reminded
sie erinnerte	she reminded
wir erinnerten	we reminded
ihr erinnertet	you reminded
sie erinnerten	they reminded

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich erinnerte	I would remind
du erinnertest	you would remind
er erinnerte	he would remind
sie erinnerte	she would remind
wir erinnerten	we would remind
ihr erinnertet	you would remind
sie erinnerten	they would remind

Imperative		Scored
erinnre	Remind
erinnern wir	Let's remind
erinnert	Remind

Present Participle		Scored
erinnernd	reminding

Past Participle		Scored
erinnert	reminded

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