The French for unravel is the verb démêler

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French for unravel is the regular ER verb démêler, presented in the most user-friendly layout with an in-depth look at all the conjugations.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb démêler - French for unravel

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of démêler, which is French for unravel.

• I unravel.
• you unravelled.
• he will unravel.
• we would unravel.
• they may unravel.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE démêler
Simple Tenses démêler
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent unravel	démêle	démêles	démêle	démêlons	démêlez	démêlent
Past Imperfect Imparfait unravelled	démêlais	démêlais	démêlait	démêlions	démêliez	démêlaient
Simple Past Passé Simple unravelled	démêlai	démêlas	démêla	démêlâmes	démêlâtes	démêlèrent
Future Futur will unravel	démêlerai	démêleras	démêlera	démêlerons	démêlerez	démêleront
Conditional Conditionnel would unravel	démêlerais	démêlerais	démêlerait	démêlerions	démêleriez	démêleraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may unravel	démêle	démêles	démêle	démêlions	démêliez	démêlent
Compound Tenses démêler
Present Perfect Passé Composé have unravelled	ai démêlé	as démêlé	a démêlé	avons démêlé	avez démêlé	ont démêlé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had unravelled	avais démêlé	avais démêlé	avait démêlé	avions démêlé	aviez démêlé	avaient démêlé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai démêlé	auras démêlé	aura démêlé	aurons démêlé	aurez démêlé	auront démêlé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have unravelled	aurais démêlé	aurais démêlé	aurait démêlé	aurions démêlé	auriez démêlé	auraient démêlé
Imperative Imperatif unravel!		démêle		démêlons	démêlez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of démêler the French for unravel
présent de l’indicatif

je démêle
- I unravel
tu démêles
- you unravel - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on démêle
- he, she, it, one unravels
nous démêlons
- we unravel
vous démêlez
- you unravel (formal or plural)
ils, elles démêlent
- they unravel

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of démêler, the French for unravel
imparfait de l’indicatif

je démêlais
- I unravelled
- I was unravelling
tu démêlais
- you unravelled- (familiar or informal)
- you were unravelling
il, elle, on démêlait
- he, she, it, one unravelled
- he, she, it, one was unravelling
nous démêlions
- we unravelled
- we were unravelling
vous démêliez
- you unravelled- (formal or plural)
- you were unravelling
ils, elles démêlaient
- they unravelled
- they were unravelling

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of démêler, the French for unravel
passé simple

je démêlai
- I unravelled
tu démêlas
- you unravelled- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on démêla
- he, she, it, one unravelled
nous démêlâmes
- we unravelled
vous démêlâtes
- you unravelled- (formal or plural)
ils, elles démêlèrent
they unravelled
(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 démêler, the French for unravel
futur

je démêlerai
- I will unravel
tu démêleras
- you will unravel (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on démêlera
- he, she, it, one will unravel
nous démêlerons
- we will unravel
vous démêlerez
- you will unravel (formal or plural)
ils, elles démêleront
- they will unravel

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Conditional Tense conjugations of démêler, the French for unravel
conditionnel

je démêlerais
- I would unravel
tu démêlerais
- you would unravel (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on démêlerait
- he, she, it, one would unravel
nous démêlerions
- we would unravel
vous démêleriez
- you would unravel (formal or plural)
ils, elles démêleraient
- they would unravel

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of démêler, the French for unravel
présent de subjonctif

que je démêle
- that I may unravel
que tu démêles
- that you may unravel(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on démêle
- that he, she, it, one may unravel
que nous démêlions
- that we may unravel
que vous démêliez
- that you may unravel(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles démêlent
- that they may unravel

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb démêler - the verb ‘to unravel’ in French

Past Participle of démêler is:
démêlé -unravelled.

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 unravelled
• you had unravelled
• he will have unravelled
• we would have unravelled

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of démêler - French for unravel
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of démêler, the French for unravel
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of démêler, the French for unravel
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of démêler, the French for unravel
impératif

démêle
- unravel!
démêlons
- let’s unravel!
démêlez
- unravel!

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Present Participle of démêler

démêlant - unravelling

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