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What are the German verb endings?

The endings of German regular verbs follow a strict pattern based on the tense and grammatical person. Here is a summary of the German verb endings for the most common tenses:

Present tense (Präsens)

- ich (I): -e

- du (you): -st

- er/sie/es (he/she/it): -t

- wir (we): -en

- ihr (you-formal/plural): -t

- sie (they/you-formal): -en

Imperfect tense (Imperfekt)

- ich: -te

- du: -test

- er/sie/es: -te

- wir: -ten

- ihr: -tet

- sie: -ten

Future tense (Futur I)

- ich: -e

- du: -st

- er/sie/es: -t

- wir: -en

- ihr: -t

- sie: -en

Present perfect tense (Perfekt)

- ich: -e

- du: -st

- er/sie/es: -t

- wir: -en

- ihr: -t

- sie: -en

Past perfect tense (Plusquamperfekt)

- ich: -te

- du: -test

- er/sie/es: -te

- wir: -ten

- ihr: -tet

- sie: -ten

Future perfect tense (Futur II)

- ich: -e

- du: -st

- er/sie/es: -t

- wir: -en

- ihr: -t

- sie: -en

Imperative mood (Imperativ)

- du (singular, informal): no ending

- ihr (plural, formal): -t

Additionally, there are some common patterns for verb endings in the subjunctive mood (Konjunktiv), but they can be more complex and are not covered here.

It's worth noting that there are some irregular verbs in German that may follow different patterns for their endings.

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