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SEIN: Conjugated in All Tenses

The German verb sein conjugated in all its tenses and moods

FUTURE TENSE • FUTUR

SEIN: Present | Past | Future | Commands/Subjunctive | All Verbs


Note: The future tense, especially with "sein," is used much less in German than in English. Very often the present tense is used with an adverb instead. (Er kommt am Dienstag. = He'll arrive on Tuesday.)

SEIN
Future Tense - Futur
DEUTSCH ENGLISH
SINGULAR
ich werde sein I will be
du wirst sein you (fam.) will be
er wird sein
sie wird sein
es wird sein
he will be
she will be
it will be
PLURAL
wir werden sein we will be
ihr werdet sein you (guys) will be
sie werden sein they will be
Sie werden sein you will be

SEIN
Future Perfect - Futur II
DEUTSCH ENGLISH
SINGULAR
ich werde gewesen sein I will have been
du wirst gewesen sein you (fam.) will have been
er wird gewesen sein
sie wird gewesen sein
es wird gewesen sein
he will have been
she will have been
it will have been
PLURAL
wir werden gewesen sein we will have been
ihr werdet gewesen sein you (guys) will have been
sie werden gewesen sein they will have been
Sie werden gewesen sein you will have been
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SEIN: Present | Past | Future | Commands/Subjunctive | All Verbs

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