Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt, Vorvergangenheit)

Would you like to describe a process in the past that happened before another event in the past?
Then you need the German Plusquamperfekt (pluperfect).

You build this tense with the form of the auxiliary verbs "to have" or "to be" in the preterit and the past participle of the verb.

Building the German pluperfect:
sein“ or ‚haben‘ (simple past) + past participle
person Aux. verb past participle Aux. verb past participle
ich hatte gespielt war gegangen
du hattest gespielt warst gegangen
er/sie/es hatte gespielt war gegangen
wir hatten gespielt waren gegangen
ihr hattet gespielt ward gegangen
sie hatten gespielt waren gegangen

 

 

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