German Verb Conjugations
SPRECHEN: Conjugated in All Tenses
Past Tenses • Vergangenheit
The German verb sprechen (to speak, talk) conjugated in all its tenses and moods
SPRECHEN: Present > Past > Future > Subjunctive > All Verbs
Principal Parts: sprechen (spricht) sprach gesprochen
Imperative (Commands): (du) Sprich! | (ihr) Sprecht! | Sprechen Sie!
SPRECHEN
Simple Past Tense - Imperfekt
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR | |
| ich sprach | I spoke |
| du sprachst | you spoke |
| er sprach sie sprach es sprach |
he spoke she spoke it spoke |
| PLURAL | |
| wir sprachen | we spoke |
| ihr spracht | you (guys) spoke |
| sie sprachen | they spoke |
| Sie sprachen | you spoke |
SPRECHEN
Compound Past Tense (Pres. Perfect) - Perfekt
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR | |
| ich habe gesprochen | I spoke/have spoken |
| du hast gesprochen | you spoke/have spoken |
| er hat gesprochen sie hat gesprochen es hat gesprochen |
he spoke/has spoken she spoke/has spoken it spoke/has spoken |
| PLURAL | |
| wir haben gesprochen | we spoke/have spoken |
| ihr habt gesprochen | you (guys) spoke have spoken |
| sie haben gesprochen | they spoke/have spoken |
| Sie haben gesprochen | you spoke/have spoken |
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SPRECHEN
Past Perfect Tense - Plusquamperfekt
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR | |
| ich hatte gesprochen | I had spoken |
| du hattest gesprochen | you had spoken |
| er hatte gesprochen sie hatte gesprochen es hatte gesprochen |
he had spoken she had spoken it had spoken |
| PLURAL | |
| wir hatten gesprochen | we had spoken |
| ihr hattet gesprochen | you (guys) had spoken |
| sie hatten gesprochen | they had spoken |
| Sie hatten gesprochen | you had spoken |
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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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