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GERMAN VERB

zweifeln

to doubt

  • #307 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gezweifelt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use zweifeln

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

  1. Present

    Ich zweifle an seinen Worten.

    I doubt his words.

  2. Simple past

    Niemand zweifelte an ihrem Talent.

    Nobody doubted her talent.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe nie an dir gezweifelt.

    I never doubted you.

  4. Future

    Er wird bis zum Schluss zweifeln.

    He'll have doubts right to the end.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde nicht an ihm zweifeln.

    I wouldn't doubt him.

  6. Imperative

    Zweifle nicht an dir, du schaffst das.

    Don't doubt yourself, you can do it.

Good to know

  • You doubt an something, in the dative: ich zweifle an seiner Geschichte; bezweifeln takes it directly: ich bezweifle das.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.