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pluperfect
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Plus·quam·per·fekt <-s, -e> [ˈplʊskvampɛrfɛkt] N nt
Plusquamperfekt
Plusquamperfekt
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Plusquamperfekt nt <-s, -e>
Plusquamperfekt nt <-s, -e>
Plusquamperfekt nt <-s, -e> spec
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Direkte Rede: „Ich konnte gestern meine Hausaufgaben nicht machen (Präteritum), weil ich das Buch in der Schule vergessen hatte (Plusquamperfekt).
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Beim doppelten Plusquamperfekt steht das zur Perfektbildung notwendige Hilfsverb „haben“ oder „sein“ selbst im Präteritum.
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Das doppelte Perfekt und doppelte Plusquamperfekt werden in der Literatur uneinheitlich bezeichnet.
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In Verbindung mit einem Infinitiv tritt im Perfekt und im Plusquamperfekt hingegen der sogenannte Ersatzinfinitiv auf: „Ich hatte ihn nicht sehen können“.
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Das Konditional leitete sich aus dem lateinischen Plusquamperfekt ab, so entstand aus lat.
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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)
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Mit dem Plusquamperfekt drücken wir Handlungen aus, die zeitlich vor einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit stattgefunden haben.
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deutsch.lingolia.com
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With the past perfect or pluperfect, we express actions that took place before a certain point in the past.
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Wir verwenden das Plusquamperfekt immer dann, wenn wir bei einer Erzählung über die Vergangenheit (im Präteritum) auf etwas zurückblicken, das zuvor passierte.
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espanol.lingolia.com
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We always use the past perfect when we are telling a story (in the simple past) and then want to look back at something that happened earlier.
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Für Sätze, in denen kein Vollverb vorkommt, verwenden wir im Perfekt/Plusquamperfekt das Partizip II des Modalverbs.
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deutsch.lingolia.com
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For sentences without a full verb, we use the past participle of the modal verb in the present perfect/past perfect.
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bei den zusammengesetzten Zeitformen (Perfekt, Plusquamperfekt, Futur II)
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deutsch.lingolia.com
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with compound tenses (present perfect, past perfect, future perfect)
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Mit dem Plusquamperfekt drücken wir Handlungen aus, die zeitlich vor einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit stattgefunden haben.
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deutsch.lingolia.com
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With the past perfect or pluperfect, we express actions that took place before a certain point in the past.
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