German Verb Conjugations - denken (to think) - Past Tenses

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Updated on February 26, 2020

DENKEN: Conjugated in All Tenses

PAST TENSES • VERGANGENHEIT

The German verb denken (to think) conjugated in all its tenses and moods

DENKEN: Present > Past > Future > Subjunctive > All Verbs

DENKEN
Simple Past Tense - Imperfekt

DEUTSCH ENGLISH
ich dachte I thought/was thinking
du dachtest you thought/were thinking
er dachte
sie dachte
es dachte		 he thought/was thinking
she thought/was thinking
it thought/was thinking
wir dachten we thought/were thinking
ihr dachtet you (guys) thought/were thinking
sie dachten they thought/were thinking
Sie dachten you thought/were thinking

DENKEN
Compound Past Tense (Pres. Perfect) - Perfekt

DEUTSCH ENGLISH
ich habe gedacht I thought/have thought
du hast gedacht you thought
you have thought
er hat gedacht

sie hat gedacht

es hat gedacht		 he thought
has thought
she thought
has thought
it thought
has thought
wir haben gedacht we thought/have thought
ihr habt gedacht you (guys) thought/have thought
sie haben gedacht they thought/have thought
Sie haben gedacht you thought/have thought

DENKEN: Present > Past > Future > Subjunctive > All Verbs

DENKEN
Past Perfect Tense - Plusquamperfekt

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

DENKEN: 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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