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GERMAN VERB

überzeugen

to convince

  • #300 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: überzeugt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I convince
  2. du you convince
  3. er, sie, es he/she convinces
  4. wir we convince
  5. ihr you all convince
  6. sie, Sie they convince

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I convinced
  2. du you convinced
  3. er, sie, es he/she convinced
  4. wir we convinced
  5. ihr you all convinced
  6. sie, Sie they convinced

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have convinced
  2. du you have convinced
  3. er, sie, es he/she has convinced
  4. wir we have convinced
  5. ihr you all have convinced
  6. sie, Sie they have convinced

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will convince
  2. du you will convince
  3. er, sie, es he/she will convince
  4. wir we will convince
  5. ihr you all will convince
  6. sie, Sie they will convince

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would convince
  2. du you would convince
  3. er, sie, es he/she would convince
  4. wir we would convince
  5. ihr you all would convince
  6. sie, Sie they would convince

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du convince!
  2. ihr convince! (all of you)
  3. Sie convince! (formal)

How to use überzeugen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Dein Plan überzeugt mich nicht ganz.

    Your plan doesn't quite convince me.

  2. Simple past

    Sie überzeugte ihre Eltern von der Reise.

    She convinced her parents about the trip.

  3. Perfect

    Der Film hat mich wirklich überzeugt.

    The film really won me over.

  4. Future

    Du wirst ihn nicht überzeugen, glaub mir.

    You won't convince him, believe me.

  5. Conditional

    Ein niedrigerer Preis würde mich überzeugen.

    A lower price would convince me.

  6. Imperative

    Überzeugen Sie sich selbst, probieren Sie es.

    See for yourself, try it.

Good to know

  • Überzeugt sein von is to be convinced of: ich bin von der Idee überzeugt.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.