anbieten — German conjugation

to offer

Frequency#77Irregular

Indicative

Present (Präsens) Irregular

Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.

Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbiete anI offer
dubietest anyou offer
er/sie/esbietet anhe/she/it offers
wirbieten anwe offer
ihrbietet anyou (pl.) offer
sie/Siebieten anthey offer

Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular

Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.

Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbot anI offered
dubotest anyou offered
er/sie/esbot anhe/she/it offered
wirboten anwe offered
ihrbotet anyou (pl.) offered
sie/Sieboten anthey offered

Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular

The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.

Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe angebotenI have offered
duhast angebotenyou have offered
er/sie/eshat angebotenhe/she/it has offered
wirhaben angebotenwe have offered
ihrhabt angebotenyou (pl.) have offered
sie/Siehaben angebotenthey have offered

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular

The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.

Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte angebotenI had offered
duhattest angebotenyou had offered
er/sie/eshatte angebotenhe/she/it had offered
wirhatten angebotenwe had offered
ihrhattet angebotenyou (pl.) had offered
sie/Siehatten angebotenthey had offered

Future I (Futur I) Irregular

Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.

Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde anbietenI will offer
duwirst anbietenyou will offer
er/sie/eswird anbietenhe/she/it will offer
wirwerden anbietenwe will offer
ihrwerdet anbietenyou (pl.) will offer
sie/Siewerden anbietenthey will offer

Future II (Futur II) Irregular

Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.

Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde angeboten habenI will have offered
duwirst angeboten habenyou will have offered
er/sie/eswird angeboten habenhe/she/it will have offered
wirwerden angeboten habenwe will have offered
ihrwerdet angeboten habenyou (pl.) will have offered
sie/Siewerden angeboten habenthey will have offered

Subjunctive

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular

Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.

Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?

PronounGerman
ichböte an
dubötest an
er/sie/esböte an
wirböten an
ihrbötet an
sie/Sieböten an

Other forms

Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular

The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.

Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.

PronounGerman
dubiete an
ihrbietet an