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GERMAN VERB

widersprechen

to object, to contradict

  • #303 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: widersprochen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use widersprechen

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

  1. Present

    Da muss ich dir leider widersprechen.

    I'm afraid I have to disagree with you there.

  2. Simple past

    Niemand widersprach dem Chef in der Sitzung.

    Nobody contradicted the boss in the meeting.

  3. Perfect

    Sie hat ihm vor allen Kollegen widersprochen.

    She contradicted him in front of all the colleagues.

  4. Future

    Mein Bruder wird mir sicher widersprechen.

    My brother will surely disagree with me.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde ihr nicht widersprechen, sie hat recht.

    I wouldn't contradict her, she's right.

  6. Imperative

    Widersprich mir nicht dauernd vor den Kindern!

    Stop contradicting me all the time in front of the kids!

Good to know

  • The person you contradict goes in the dative: ich widerspreche dir. Wider- stays on the verb: ich widerspreche, widersprochen.

Where you hear widersprechen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Advanced Level 1

  • Ich widerspreche der Mieterhöhung. I object to the rent increase.
  • Die Mieter haben schriftlich widersprochen. The tenants objected in writing.
  • Morgen widerspreche ich schriftlich. Tomorrow I'll object in writing.

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