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SCHREIBEN: Conjugated in All Tenses

The German verb schreiben (to write, type) conjugated in all its tenses and moods

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SCHREIBEN
Simple Past Tense - Imperfekt

DEUTSCH ENGLISH
SINGULAR
ich schrieb I wrote
du schriebst you wrote
er schrieb
sie schrieb
es schrieb
he wrote
she wrote
it wrote
PLURAL
wir schrieben we wrote
ihr schriebt you (guys) wrote
sie schrieben they wrote
Sie schrieben you wrote

SCHREIBEN
Compound Past Tense (Pres. Perfect) - Perfekt

DEUTSCH ENGLISH
SINGULAR
ich habe geschrieben I have written
I wrote
du hast geschrieben you have written
you wrote
er hat geschrieben
 
sie hat geschrieben
 
es hat geschrieben
he has written
he wrote
she has written
she wrote
it has written
it wrote
PLURAL
wir haben geschrieben we have written
we wrote
ihr habt geschrieben you (guys) have written
you wrote
sie haben geschrieben they have written
they wrote
Sie haben geschrieben you have written
you wrote

SCHREIBEN
Past Perfect Tense - Plusquamperfekt

DEUTSCH ENGLISH
SINGULAR
ich hatte geschrieben I had written
du hattest geschrieben you had written
er hatte geschrieben
sie hatte geschrieben
es hatte geschrieben
he had written
she had written
it had written
PLURAL
wir hatten geschrieben we had written
ihr hattet geschrieben you (guys) had written
sie hatten geschrieben they had written
Sie hatten geschrieben you had written
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