ortPlayVerb 55 of 100 · Modal verb · Perfekt with haben
Dürfen conjugation.
dürfen means “may”.
darf · durfte · hat gedurft
The present, the Präteritum and the Perfekt in the third person. The chart has all six persons.
| Person | Present | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | darf | durfte | habe gedurft |
| du | darfst | durftest | hast gedurft |
| er/sie/es | darf | durfte | hat gedurft |
| wir | dürfen | durften | haben gedurft |
| ihr | dürft | durftet | habt gedurft |
| sie/Sie | dürfen | durften | haben gedurft |
Good to know
What the chart does not show.
With another verb, the Perfekt takes the infinitive in place of the participle: Er hat kommen dürfen. In speech the Präteritum is the usual past: Er durfte kommen.
In sentences
Dürfen in use.
The 3 sentences the course uses for dürfen, each with its recording.
Darf ich fragen, wie alt Sie sind?
May I ask how old you are?
Hier darf man nicht rauchen.
You may not smoke here.
Darf ich Ihr Telefon benutzen?
May I use your telephone?
Continue in the course
Add lessons and scheduled reviews.
In the course, you learn dürfen in a lesson, review it on a schedule, and practice its forms once you know it.
The forms and sentences come from the Wortplay course. Its vocabulary draws on the Ding dictionary and on frequency data from wordfreq; audio is generated German speech. About the sources.