A verb form that indicates a completed action without specifying its relation to the present moment.
Sentences
She had eaten all the cookies before I arrived.
They had left by the time I got there.
Spanish: Ella ya había terminado su tarea. (She had already finished her homework.)
French: Il avait mangé avant de partir. (He had eaten before leaving.)
German: Sie hatte geschlafen, bevor sie zur Arbeit ging. (She had slept before going to work.)