The French for arrest, dread is the verb appréhender

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French for arrest, dread is the regular ER verb appréhender, laid out here in the most practically formatted verb table.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb appréhender - French for arrest, dread

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of appréhender, which is French for arrest, dread.

• I arrest, dread.
• you arrested.
• he will arrest, dread.
• we would arrest, dread.
• they may arrest, dread.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for appréhender, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE appréhender
Simple Tenses appréhender
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent arrest, dread	appréhende	appréhendes	appréhende	appréhendons	appréhendez	appréhendent
Past Imperfect Imparfait arrested	appréhendais	appréhendais	appréhendait	appréhendions	appréhendiez	appréhendaient
Simple Past Passé Simple arrested	appréhendai	appréhendas	appréhenda	appréhendâmes	appréhendâtes	appréhendèrent
Future Futur will arrest, dread	appréhenderai	appréhenderas	appréhendera	appréhenderons	appréhenderez	appréhenderont
Conditional Conditionnel would arrest, dread	appréhenderais	appréhenderais	appréhenderait	appréhenderions	appréhenderiez	appréhenderaient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may arrest, dread	appréhende	appréhendes	appréhende	appréhendions	appréhendiez	appréhendent
Compound Tenses appréhender
Present Perfect Passé Composé have arrested	ai appréhendé	as appréhendé	a appréhendé	avons appréhendé	avez appréhendé	ont appréhendé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had arrested	avais appréhendé	avais appréhendé	avait appréhendé	avions appréhendé	aviez appréhendé	avaient appréhendé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai appréhendé	auras appréhendé	aura appréhendé	aurons appréhendé	aurez appréhendé	auront appréhendé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have arrested	aurais appréhendé	aurais appréhendé	aurait appréhendé	aurions appréhendé	auriez appréhendé	auraient appréhendé
Imperative Imperatif arrest, dread!		appréhende		appréhendons	appréhendez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of appréhender the French for arrest, dread
présent de l’indicatif

j’appréhende
- I arrest, dread
tu appréhendes
- you arrest, dread - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on appréhende
- he, she, it, one arrests
nous appréhendons
- we arrest, dread
vous appréhendez
- you arrest, dread (formal or plural)
ils, elles appréhendent
- they arrest, dread

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of appréhender, the French for arrest, dread
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’appréhendais
- I arrested
- I was arresting
tu appréhendais
- you arrested- (familiar or informal)
- you were arresting
il, elle, on appréhendait
- he, she, it, one arrested
- he, she, it, one was arresting
nous appréhendions
- we arrested
- we were arresting
vous appréhendiez
- you arrested- (formal or plural)
- you were arresting
ils, elles appréhendaient
- they arrested
- they were arresting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of appréhender, the French for arrest, dread
passé simple

j’appréhendai
- I arrested
tu appréhendas
- you arrested- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on appréhenda
- he, she, it, one arrested
nous appréhendâmes
- we arrested
vous appréhendâtes
- you arrested- (formal or plural)
ils, elles appréhendèrent
they arrested
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of appréhender, the French for arrest, dread
futur

j’appréhenderai
- I will arrest, dread
tu appréhenderas
- you will arrest, dread (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on appréhendera
- he, she, it, one will arrest, dread
nous appréhenderons
- we will arrest, dread
vous appréhenderez
- you will arrest, dread (formal or plural)
ils, elles appréhenderont
- they will arrest, dread

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Conditional Tense conjugations of appréhender, the French for arrest, dread
conditionnel

j’appréhenderais
- I would arrest, dread
tu appréhenderais
- you would arrest, dread (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on appréhenderait
- he, she, it, one would arrest, dread
nous appréhenderions
- we would arrest, dread
vous appréhenderiez
- you would arrest, dread (formal or plural)
ils, elles appréhenderaient
- they would arrest, dread

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of appréhender, the French for arrest, dread
présent de subjonctif

que j’appréhende
- that I may arrest, dread
que tu appréhendes
- that you may arrest, dread(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on appréhende
- that he, she, it, one may arrest, dread
que nous appréhendions
- that we may arrest, dread
que vous appréhendiez
- that you may arrest, dread(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles appréhendent
- that they may arrest, dread

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb appréhender - the verb ‘to arrest, dread’ in French

Past Participle of appréhender is:
appréhendé -arrested.

The compound tenses are past tenses that are formed with the conjugations of avoir and the past participle. The key to these is in learning avoir inside out. You'll note these tenses in regular useage. Do our tables every day, building more and more verbs, and you'll be well on the way to mastering these tenses.

• I have arrested
• you had arrested
• he will have arrested
• we would have arrested

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of appréhender - French for arrest, dread
passé composé

Here’s the French for arrest, dread conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai appréhendé
- I have arrested or I did arrest, dread or
- I arrested
tu as appréhendé
- you have arrested or you did arrest, dread - (familiar or informal) or
- you arrested
il, elle, on a appréhendé
- he, she, it, one has arrest, dread or did arrest, dread
- he, she, it arrested
nous avons appréhendé
- we have arrested or we did arrest, dread
- we arrested
vous avez appréhendé
- you have arrested or you did arrest, dread (formal or plural) or
- or we arrested
ils, elles ont appréhendé
- they have arrested or they did arrest, dread
- they arrested

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of appréhender - arrest, dread in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -arrest, dread conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais appréhendé
- I had arrested
tu avais appréhendé
- you had arrested- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait appréhendé
- he, she, it, one had arrested
nous avions appréhendé
- we had arrested
vous aviez appréhendé
- you had arrested (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient appréhendé
- they had arrested

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of appréhender, the French for arrest, dread
futur antérieur

j’aurai appréhendé
- I will have
tu auras appréhendé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura appréhendé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons appréhendé
- we will have
vous aurez appréhendé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront appréhendé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of appréhender, the French for arrest, dread
conditionnel passé

j’aurais appréhendé
- I would have arrested
tu aurais appréhendé
- you would have arrested- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait appréhendé
- he, she, it, one would have arrested
nous aurions appréhendé
- we would have arrested
vous auriez appréhendé
- you would have arrested- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient appréhendé
- they would have arrested

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Imperative Tense conjugations of appréhender, the French for arrest, dread
impératif

appréhende
- arrest, dread!
appréhendons
- let’s arrest, dread!
appréhendez
- arrest, dread!

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Present Participle of appréhender

appréhendant - arresting

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like appréhender the French for arrest, dread

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