Present
Präsens · now, habits and facts
- ich I demand
- du you demand
- er, sie, es he/she demands
- wir we demand
- ihr you all demand
- sie, Sie they demand
Conjugation
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Simple past
Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech
- ich I demanded
- du you demanded
- er, sie, es he/she demanded
- wir we demanded
- ihr you all demanded
- sie, Sie they demanded
Perfect
Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”
- ich I have demanded
- du you have demanded
- er, sie, es he/she has demanded
- wir we have demanded
- ihr you all have demanded
- sie, Sie they have demanded
Future
Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job
- ich I will demand
- du you will demand
- er, sie, es he/she will demand
- wir we will demand
- ihr you all will demand
- sie, Sie they will demand
Conditional
Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”
- ich I would demand
- du you would demand
- er, sie, es he/she would demand
- wir we would demand
- ihr you all would demand
- sie, Sie they would demand
Imperative
Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie
- du demand!
- ihr demand! (all of you)
- Sie demand! (formal)
How to use fordern
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Die Mitarbeiter fordern mehr Gehalt.
The employees are demanding higher pay.
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Simple past
Der Kunde forderte sein Geld zurück.
The customer demanded his money back.
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Perfect
Sie haben eine Erklärung gefordert.
They demanded an explanation.
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Future
Die Mieter werden eine Reparatur fordern.
The tenants will demand a repair.
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Conditional
An deiner Stelle würde ich mehr Zeit fordern.
If I were you, I'd demand more time.
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Imperative
Fordere nicht zu viel von dir selbst.
Don't demand too much of yourself.
Good to know
- Fordern is firm, to demand; a polite request is bitten um.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.