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Verbs

Past Perfect

Irregular Forms

The following list shows the irregular forms of the past participle which you have to use. With these forms, at least the stem vocal changes. Please take into consideration that not every verb is conjugated with the auxiliary verb "haben". Some verbs are conjugated with the verb "sein".

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Form	German	Phonetic Script	English
infinitive	zwingen	['tsvɪŋən]	to force/to compel
1. person singular	ich hatte gezwungen	[ɪç 'hatə gə'tsvʊŋən]	I had forced
2. person singular	du hattest gezwungen	[du: 'hatəst gə'tsvʊŋən]	you had forced
3. person singular	er/sie/es hatte gezwungen	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'hatə gə'tsvʊŋən]	he/she/it had forced
1. person plural	wir hatten gezwungen	[vi:ə 'hatən gə'tsvʊŋən]	we had forced
2. person plural	ihr hattet gezwungen	[i:ə 'hatət gə'tsvʊŋən]	you had forced
3. person plural	sie hatten gezwungen	[zi: 'hatən gə'tsvʊŋən]	they had forced
polite form	Sie hatten gezwungen	[zi: 'hatən gə'tsvʊŋən]	you had forced
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