The French for loosen is the verb desserrer

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French for loosen is the regular ER verb desserrer, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb desserrer - French for loosen

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of desserrer, which is French for loosen.

• I loosen.
• you loosened.
• he will loosen.
• we would loosen.
• they may loosen.

The Verb Conjugating Tables below for desserrer, encourage you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Keep doing these many times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE desserrer
Simple Tenses desserrer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent loosen	desserre	desserres	desserre	desserrons	desserrez	desserrent
Past Imperfect Imparfait loosened	desserrais	desserrais	desserrait	desserrions	desserriez	desserraient
Simple Past Passé Simple loosened	desserrai	desserras	desserra	desserrâmes	desserrâtes	desserrèrent
Future Futur will loosen	desserrerai	desserreras	desserrera	desserrerons	desserrerez	desserreront
Conditional Conditionnel would loosen	desserrerais	desserrerais	desserrerait	desserrerions	desserreriez	desserreraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may loosen	desserre	desserres	desserre	desserrions	desserriez	desserrent
Compound Tenses desserrer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have loosened	ai desserré	as desserré	a desserré	avons desserré	avez desserré	ont desserré
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had loosened	avais desserré	avais desserré	avait desserré	avions desserré	aviez desserré	avaient desserré
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai desserré	auras desserré	aura desserré	aurons desserré	aurez desserré	auront desserré
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have loosened	aurais desserré	aurais desserré	aurait desserré	aurions desserré	auriez desserré	auraient desserré
Imperative Imperatif loosen!		desserre		desserrons	desserrez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of desserrer the French for loosen
présent de l’indicatif

je desserre
- I loosen
tu desserres
- you loosen - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on desserre
- he, she, it, one loosens
nous desserrons
- we loosen
vous desserrez
- you loosen (formal or plural)
ils, elles desserrent
- they loosen

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of desserrer, the French for loosen
imparfait de l’indicatif

je desserrais
- I loosened
- I was loosening
tu desserrais
- you loosened- (familiar or informal)
- you were loosening
il, elle, on desserrait
- he, she, it, one loosened
- he, she, it, one was loosening
nous desserrions
- we loosened
- we were loosening
vous desserriez
- you loosened- (formal or plural)
- you were loosening
ils, elles desserraient
- they loosened
- they were loosening

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of desserrer, the French for loosen
passé simple

je desserrai
- I loosened
tu desserras
- you loosened- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on desserra
- he, she, it, one loosened
nous desserrâmes
- we loosened
vous desserrâtes
- you loosened- (formal or plural)
ils, elles desserrèrent
they loosened
(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 desserrer, the French for loosen
futur

je desserrerai
- I will loosen
tu desserreras
- you will loosen (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on desserrera
- he, she, it, one will loosen
nous desserrerons
- we will loosen
vous desserrerez
- you will loosen (formal or plural)
ils, elles desserreront
- they will loosen

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Conditional Tense conjugations of desserrer, the French for loosen
conditionnel

je desserrerais
- I would loosen
tu desserrerais
- you would loosen (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on desserrerait
- he, she, it, one would loosen
nous desserrerions
- we would loosen
vous desserreriez
- you would loosen (formal or plural)
ils, elles desserreraient
- they would loosen

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of desserrer, the French for loosen
présent de subjonctif

que je desserre
- that I may loosen
que tu desserres
- that you may loosen(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on desserre
- that he, she, it, one may loosen
que nous desserrions
- that we may loosen
que vous desserriez
- that you may loosen(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles desserrent
- that they may loosen

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb desserrer - the verb ‘to loosen’ in French

Past Participle of desserrer is:
desserré -loosened.

Seeing that the past participle is taken and merged with the various conjugations of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four French compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of desserrer - French for loosen
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of desserrer - loosen in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of desserrer, the French for loosen
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of desserrer, the French for loosen
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of desserrer, the French for loosen
impératif

desserre
- loosen!
desserrons
- let’s loosen!
desserrez
- loosen!

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Present Participle of desserrer

desserrant - loosening

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