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Conjugation of the German verb wirken

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



InfinitiveScored
wirkento take effect

PresentScored
ich wirkeI take effect
du wirkstyou take effect
er wirkthe takes effect
sie wirktshe takes effect
wir wirkenwe take effect
ihr wirktyou take effect
sie wirkenthey take effect

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.
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ich wirkteI took effect
du wirktestyou took effect
er wirktehe took effect
sie wirkteshe took effect
wir wirktenwe took effect
ihr wirktetyou took effect
sie wirktenthey took effect

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gewirktI took effect
du hast gewirktyou took effect
er hat gewirkthe took effect
es hat gewirktshe took effect
wir haben gewirktwe took effect
ihr habt gewirktyou took effect
sie haben gewirktthey took effect

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gewirktI had taken effect
du hattest gewirktyou had taken effect
er hatte gewirkthe had taken effect
es hatte gewirktshe had taken effect
wir hatten gewirktwe had taken effect
ihr hattet gewirktyou had taken effect
sie hatten gewirktthey had taken effect

FutureScored
ich werde wirkenI will take effect
du wirst wirkenyou will take effect
er wird wirkenhe will take effect
sie wird wirkenshe will take effect
wir werden wirkenwe will take effect
ihr werdet wirkenyou will take effect
sie werden wirkenthey will take effect

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.
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ich werde gewirkt habenI will have taken effect
du wirst gewirkt habenyou will have taken effect
er wird gewirkt habenhe will have taken effect
es wird gewirkt habenshe will have taken effect
wir werden gewirkt habenwe will have taken effect
ihr werdet gewirkt habenyou will have taken effect
sie werden gewirkt habenthey will have taken effect

ConditionalScored
ich würde wirkenI would take effect
du würdest wirkenyou would take effect
er würde wirkenhe would take effect
sie würde wirkenshe would take effect
wir würden wirkenwe would take effect
ihr würdet wirkenyou would take effect
sie würden wirkenthey would take effect

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.
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ich hätte gewirktI would have taken effect
du hättest gewirktyou would have taken effect
er hätte gewirkthe would have taken effect
es hätte gewirktshe would have taken effect
wir hätten gewirktwe would have taken effect
ihr hättet gewirktyou would have taken effect
sie hätten gewirktthey would have taken effect

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich wirkteI would take effect
du wirktestyou would take effect
er wirktehe would take effect
sie wirkteshe would take effect
wir wirktenwe would take effect
ihr wirktetyou would take effect
sie wirktenthey would take effect

ImperativeScored
wirke Take effect
wirken wirLet's take effect
wirkt Take effect

Present ParticipleScored
wirkend taking effect

Past ParticipleScored
gewirkt taken effect


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