Futur II

The Futur II (future perfect) is used to express that something will have happened by a certain point in the future, or — more commonly — to express an assumption about the past. It is not used as frequently as other tenses, but it is important to recognise and understand.

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Formation

The Futur II is formed with:

werden + past participle + haben/sein (infinitive)

Component	Role
werden (conjugated)	Auxiliary, in V2 position
Past participle	Of the main verb
haben or sein	In the infinitive form, at the very end

With Haben

• Ich werde das Buch gelesen haben. — I will have read the book.
• Er wird die Arbeit beendet haben. — He will have finished the work.
• Sie werden alles vorbereitet haben. — They will have prepared everything.

With Sein

• Ich werde angekommen sein. — I will have arrived.
• Sie wird nach Hause gegangen sein. — She will have gone home.
• Der Zug wird schon abgefahren sein. — The train will have already departed.