English to German Meaning of pluperfect - Plusquamperfekt

Pluperfect :

Plusquamperfekt

noun

perfekt, Plusquamperfekt

adjective

Plusquamperfekt

Pluperfect :: PlusquamperfektPluperfects :: pluperfects

← Plunk

plural →

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Definitions of pluperfect in English

Noun(1) a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
Adjective(1) more than perfect

Examples of pluperfect in English

(1) All three casts, most of them making their debuts in the ballet, had their virtues, although none quite caught the pluperfect Danish style once personified by Erik Bruhn himself.(2) He's going to start understanding plurals and possessives and abstract notions of time and space, and before you know it he'll be speaking in the pluperfect subjunctive.(3) The driver replies, ├ö├ç├┐I've heard that question a thousand time, but never in the pluperfect subjunctive.├ö├ç├û(4) He is a perfect representative of the Democratic Party and a pluperfect speaker for a Democratic fundraiser.(5) And the driver says, ├ö├ç├┐I've never heard anyone use the pluperfect participle before!├ö├ç├û(6) they have one pluperfect daughter and are expecting an ideal little brother for her(7) The extent to which this grammatical form suggests a pluperfect is disputed among Hebrew grammarians.

(1) plunk down ::

hinschmeißen

Synonyms

Noun

1. past perfect ::

Plusquamperfekt

2. past perfect tense ::

Vorvergangenheit

3. pluperfect tense ::

Plusquamperfekt angespannt

Different Forms

pluperfect, pluperfects

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