German Verb Conjugations
HELFEN: Conjugated in All Tenses
PAST TENSES • VERGANGENHEIT
The German verb helfen (to help) conjugated in all its tenses and moods
HELFEN: Present > Past > Future > Subjunctive > All Verbs
Principal Parts: helfen (hilft) - half - geholfen
Imperative (Commands): (du) Hilf! (ihr) Helft! Helfen Sie!
Helfen is a dative verb.
HELFEN
Simple Past Tense - Imperfekt
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR | |
| ich half | I helped |
| du halfst | you helped |
| er half sie half es half |
he helped she helped it helped |
| PLURAL | |
| wir halfen | we helped |
| ihr halft | you (guys) helped |
| sie halfen | they helped |
| Sie halfen | you helped |
HELFEN
Compound Past Tense (Pres. Perfect) - Perfekt
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR | |
| ich habe geholfen | I helped/have helped |
| du hast geholfen | you helped/have helped |
| er hat geholfen sie hat geholfen es hat geholfen |
he helped/has helped she helped/has helped it helped/has helped |
| PLURAL | |
| wir haben geholfen | we helped/have helped |
| ihr habt geholfen | you (guys) helped have helped |
| sie haben geholfen | they helped/have helped |
| Sie haben geholfen | you helped/have helped |
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NEXT > Future Tense HELFEN is also a dative verb. See more verbs in our Verb-Lexikon, in 20 Most-Used German Verbs, German Strong Verbs, and 50 Common German Verbs. |
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HELFEN: Present > Past > Future > Subjunctive > All Verbs
HELFEN
Past Perfect Tense - Plusquamperfekt
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR | |
| ich hatte geholfen | I had helped |
| du hattest geholfen | you had helped |
| er hatte geholfen sie hatte geholfen es hatte geholfen |
he had helped she had helped it had helped |
| PLURAL | |
| wir hatten geholfen | we had helped |
| ihr hattet geholfen | you (guys) had helped |
| sie hatten geholfen | they had helped |
| Sie hatten geholfen | you had helped |
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NEXT: Future Tense HELFEN is also a dative verb. See more verbs in our Verb-Lexikon and on the 20 Most-Used German Verbs, German Strong Verbs, and 50 Common German Verbs pages. |
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HELFEN: Present > Past > Future > Subjunctive > All Verbs
If you want to look at other irregular verbs in the simple past and present perfect, see our German Strong Verbs pages.
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