German reference
vergleichen
to compare
Irregular · 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
Present
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | I compare |
| du | you compare |
| er/sie/es | he/she/it compares |
| wir | we compare |
| ihr | you (plural) compare |
| sie/Sie | they compare; you (formal) compare |
Simple past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | I compared |
| du | you compared |
| er/sie/es | he/she/it compared |
| wir | we compared |
| ihr | you (plural) compared |
| sie/Sie | they compared; you (formal) compared |
Compound past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | I compared; I have compared |
| du | you compared; you have compared |
| er/sie/es | he/she/it compared; he/she/it has compared |
| wir | we compared; we have compared |
| ihr | you (plural) compared; you (plural) have compared |
| sie/Sie | they compared; they have compared; you (formal) compared; you (formal) have compared |
Past perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | I had compared |
| du | you had compared |
| er/sie/es | he/she/it had compared |
| wir | we had compared |
| ihr | you (plural) had compared |
| sie/Sie | they had compared; you (formal) had compared |
Future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | I will compare |
| du | you will compare |
| er/sie/es | he/she/it will compare |
| wir | we will compare |
| ihr | you (plural) will compare |
| sie/Sie | they will compare; you (formal) will compare |
Future perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | I will have compared |
| du | you will have compared |
| er/sie/es | he/she/it will have compared |
| wir | we will have compared |
| ihr | you (plural) will have compared |
| sie/Sie | they will have compared; you (formal) will have compared |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive I
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | (that) I compare |
| du | (that) you compare |
| er/sie/es | (that) he/she/it compares |
| wir | (that) we compare |
| ihr | (that) you (plural) compare |
| sie/Sie | (that) they compare; (that) you (formal) compare |
Subjunctive II
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | I would compare |
| du | you would compare |
| er/sie/es | he/she/it would compare |
| wir | we would compare |
| ihr | you (plural) would compare |
| sie/Sie | they would compare; you (formal) would compare |
Past subjunctive II
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | I would have compared |
| du | you would have compared |
| er/sie/es | he/she/it would have compared |
| wir | we would have compared |
| ihr | you (plural) would have compared |
| sie/Sie | they would have compared; you (formal) would have compared |
Would form
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | I would compare |
| du | you would compare |
| er/sie/es | he/she/it would compare |
| wir | we would compare |
| ihr | you (plural) would compare |
| sie/Sie | they would compare; you (formal) would compare |
Past subjunctive I
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | (reportedly) I have compared |
| du | (reportedly) you have compared |
| er/sie/es | (reportedly) he/she/it has compared |
| wir | (reportedly) we have compared |
| ihr | (reportedly) you (plural) have compared |
| sie/Sie | (reportedly) they have compared; (reportedly) you (formal) have compared |
Future subjunctive I
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ich | (reportedly) I will compare |
| du | (reportedly) you will compare |
| er/sie/es | (reportedly) he/she/it will compare |
| wir | (reportedly) we will compare |
| ihr | (reportedly) you (plural) will compare |
| sie/Sie | (reportedly) they will compare; (reportedly) you (formal) will compare |
Imperative
Imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| du | compare! |
| ihr | compare! (plural) |
| sie/Sie | compare! (formal) |
Additional forms
- Infinitive with zu
- Present participle
- Past participle
- Past infinitive
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