zurücktreten conjugation

In English: to step back; to resign (from office)

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Verb forms

Partizip II: zurückgetreten
Präteritum: trat zurück
Auxiliary: haben

Conjugation (Indikativ)

PRÄSENS ONLY

Präsens

ich trete

du trittst

er/sie/es tritt

wir treten

ihr tretet

sie/Sie treten

Perfekt, Plusquamperfekt and Futur II aren't shown for this word yet: what those tenses need (the auxiliary or a derived form) hasn't been verified for every sense of this verb. Präsens above is independently verified and always correct.

Example sentences

Wird der Präsident zurücktreten?

Is the chairman going to resign?

Tatoeba · Tamy · CC BY 2.0 FR

Vielleicht sollte ich zurücktreten.

Perhaps I should resign.

Tatoeba · Luiaard · CC BY 2.0 FR

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