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German Verb Conjugations

The Verb BACKEN (to bake)
backen conjugated in all its tenses and moods
PRESENT TENSE • PRÄSENS

BACKEN: Present Past Future Subjunctive All Verbs

Principal Parts: backen (bäckt) - backte (buk)* - gebackenImperative (Commands): (du) Backe! (ihr) Backt! Backen Sie!

*The old, irregular simple-past form, buk, is rarely used in modern German.
BACKENPresent Tense - Präsens
Stem-Changing Verbs: The verb backen belongs to a class of German verbs known as "stem-changing" verbs. Such verbs alter their stem vowel in the du and er/sie/es forms only (in the present tense).
DEUTSCH
ENGLISH
SINGULAR
ich backe
I bake, I am baking
du bäckst
you bake, you are baking
er bäckt sie bäckt es bäckt
he bake, she is baking, she bakes, she is baking, it bakes, it is baking
PLURAL
wir backen
we bake, we are baking
ihr backt
you (guys) bake, you are baking
sie backen
they bake, they are baking
Sie backen
you bake, you are baking

Examples: Sie bäckt einen Kuchen. She's baking a cake. Wir backen alles hier im Geschäft. We bake everything here in the shop.