The feature Tense applies only to finite verb forms (but not to imperatives). The values of Tense reflect only synthetic tensed verb forms, i.e. present tense (Präsens) and simple past (Präteritum). Compound tenses (e.g. ``ich habe gesehen'') are not included.
| Attribute | Value | Ge. example | Ge. tag |
| Tense | present | (ich) gehe | VVFIN:1.Sg.Pres.Ind |
| past | (ich) ging | VVFIN:1.Sg.Past.Ind | |