German reference

befreien

to free, release, liberate

Regular · 13 form tables

Includes indicative, subjunctive I and II, and imperative forms. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.

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Indicative

befreien: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I free someone
du	you free someone
er/sie/es	he/she/it frees someone
wir	we free someone
ihr	you (plural) free someone
sie/Sie	they free someone; you (formal) free someone

befreien: Simple past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I freed someone
du	you freed someone
er/sie/es	he/she/it freed someone
wir	we freed someone
ihr	you (plural) freed someone
sie/Sie	they freed someone; you (formal) freed someone

befreien: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I freed someone; I have freed someone
du	you freed someone; you have freed someone
er/sie/es	he/she/it freed someone; he/she/it has freed someone
wir	we freed someone; we have freed someone
ihr	you (plural) freed someone; you (plural) have freed someone
sie/Sie	they freed someone; they have freed someone; you (formal) freed someone; you (formal) have freed someone

befreien: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I had freed someone
du	you had freed someone
er/sie/es	he/she/it had freed someone
wir	we had freed someone
ihr	you (plural) had freed someone
sie/Sie	they had freed someone; you (formal) had freed someone

befreien: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I will free someone
du	you will free someone
er/sie/es	he/she/it will free someone
wir	we will free someone
ihr	you (plural) will free someone
sie/Sie	they will free someone; you (formal) will free someone

befreien: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I will have freed someone
du	you will have freed someone
er/sie/es	he/she/it will have freed someone
wir	we will have freed someone
ihr	you (plural) will have freed someone
sie/Sie	they will have freed someone; you (formal) will have freed someone

befreien: Subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(that) I free someone
du	(that) you free someone
er/sie/es	(that) he/she/it frees someone
wir	(that) we free someone
ihr	(that) you (plural) free someone
sie/Sie	(that) they free someone; (that) you (formal) free someone

befreien: Subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would free someone
du	you would free someone
er/sie/es	he/she/it would free someone
wir	we would free someone
ihr	you (plural) would free someone
sie/Sie	they would free someone; you (formal) would free someone

befreien: Past subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would have freed someone
du	you would have freed someone
er/sie/es	he/she/it would have freed someone
wir	we would have freed someone
ihr	you (plural) would have freed someone
sie/Sie	they would have freed someone; you (formal) would have freed someone

befreien: Would form
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would free someone
du	you would free someone
er/sie/es	he/she/it would free someone
wir	we would free someone
ihr	you (plural) would free someone
sie/Sie	they would free someone; you (formal) would free someone

befreien: Past subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(reportedly) I have freed someone
du	(reportedly) you have freed someone
er/sie/es	(reportedly) he/she/it has freed someone
wir	(reportedly) we have freed someone
ihr	(reportedly) you (plural) have freed someone
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they have freed someone; (reportedly) you (formal) have freed someone

befreien: Future subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(reportedly) I will free someone
du	(reportedly) you will free someone
er/sie/es	(reportedly) he/she/it will free someone
wir	(reportedly) we will free someone
ihr	(reportedly) you (plural) will free someone
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they will free someone; (reportedly) you (formal) will free someone

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