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Conjugation of the German verb erwarten

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

Infinitive		Scored
erwarten	to expect

Present		Scored
ich erwarte	I expect
du erwartest	you expect
wir erwarten	we expect
sie erwarten	they expect

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
du erwartetest	you expected
ihr erwartetet	you expected

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

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

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

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

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

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

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
du erwartetest	you would expect
ihr erwartetet	you would expect

Imperative		Scored
erwarte	Expect
erwarten wir	Let's expect

Present Participle		Scored
erwartend	expecting

Past Participle		Scored
erwartet	expected

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