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Bruno widerruft den Vertrag mit einer kurzen E-Mail. Bruno withdraws from the contract with a short email.

verb · B2

widerrufen

[viːdɐˈʁuːfn̩]

to withdraw from, to cancel, to revoke

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es widerruft What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es widerrief The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat widerrufen 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.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich widerrufewiderriefhabe widerrufen
du widerrufstwiderriefsthast widerrufen
er/sie/es widerruftwiderriefhat widerrufen
wir widerrufenwiderriefenhaben widerrufen
ihr widerruftwiderriefthabt widerrufen
sie/Sie widerrufenwiderriefenhaben widerrufen
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
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte widerrufenwerde widerrufenwerde widerrufen haben
du hattest widerrufenwirst widerrufenwirst widerrufen haben
er/sie/es hatte widerrufenwird widerrufenwird widerrufen haben
wir hatten widerrufenwerden widerrufenwerden widerrufen haben
ihr hattet widerrufenwerdet widerrufenwerdet widerrufen haben
sie/Sie hatten widerrufenwerden widerrufenwerden widerrufen 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 widerriefe
du widerriefest
er/sie/es widerriefe
wir widerriefen
ihr widerriefet
sie/Sie widerriefen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du widerruf!
ihr widerruft!
Sie widerrufen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

wider prefix ruf root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

der Widerrufrufendas Widerrufsrecht

In Otti's situations: Bruno cancels a subscription

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