German reference

empfangen

to receive, welcome (guests); to receive (a signal)

Stem change · 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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