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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es hofft What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es hoffte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gehofft The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | hoffe | hoffte | habe gehofft |
| du | hoffst | hofftest | hast gehofft |
| er/sie/es | hofft | hoffte | hat gehofft |
| wir | hoffen | hofften | haben gehofft |
| ihr | hofft | hofftet | habt gehofft |
| sie/Sie | hoffen | hofften | haben gehofft |
- Präsens
- What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
- Präteritum
- The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfekt
- The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
| Person | Plusquamperfekt | Futur I | Futur II |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte gehofft | werde hoffen | werde gehofft haben |
| du | hattest gehofft | wirst hoffen | wirst gehofft haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gehofft | wird hoffen | wird gehofft haben |
| wir | hatten gehofft | werden hoffen | werden gehofft haben |
| ihr | hattet gehofft | werdet hoffen | werdet gehofft haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gehofft | werden hoffen | werden gehofft haben |
- Plusquamperfekt
- What had happened before another moment in the past.
- Futur I
- Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
- Futur II
- What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
| Person | Konjunktiv II |
|---|---|
| ich | hoffte |
| du | hofftest |
| er/sie/es | hoffte |
| wir | hofften |
| ihr | hofftet |
| sie/Sie | hofften |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde hoffen.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | hoff! |
| ihr | hofft! |
| Sie | hoffen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
hoff root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
die Hoffnunghoffentlich
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