German reference

dürfen

to be allowed to

Irregular · 12 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

dürfen: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I am allowed to
du	you are allowed to
er/sie/es	he/she/it is allowed to
wir	we are allowed to
ihr	you (plural) are allowed to
sie/Sie	they are allowed to; you (formal) are allowed to

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

dürfen: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I was allowed to; I have been allowed to
du	you were allowed to; you have been allowed to
er/sie/es	he/she/it was allowed to; he/she/it has been allowed to
wir	we were allowed to; we have been allowed to
ihr	you (plural) were allowed to; you (plural) have been allowed to
sie/Sie	they were allowed to; they have been allowed to; you (formal) were allowed to; you (formal) have been allowed to

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

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

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

dürfen: Subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(that) I am allowed to
du	(that) you are allowed to
er/sie/es	(that) he/she/it is allowed to
wir	(that) we are allowed to
ihr	(that) you (plural) are allowed to
sie/Sie	(that) they are allowed to; (that) you (formal) are allowed to

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

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

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

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

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

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