anbieten — German conjugation
to offer
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | biete an | I offer |
| du | bietest an | you offer |
| er/sie/es | bietet an | he/she/it offers |
| wir | bieten an | we offer |
| ihr | bietet an | you (pl.) offer |
| sie/Sie | bieten an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | bot an | I offered |
| du | botest an | you offered |
| er/sie/es | bot an | he/she/it offered |
| wir | boten an | we offered |
| ihr | botet an | you (pl.) offered |
| sie/Sie | boten an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe angeboten | I have offered |
| du | hast angeboten | you have offered |
| er/sie/es | hat angeboten | he/she/it has offered |
| wir | haben angeboten | we have offered |
| ihr | habt angeboten | you (pl.) have offered |
| sie/Sie | haben angeboten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte angeboten | I had offered |
| du | hattest angeboten | you had offered |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeboten | he/she/it had offered |
| wir | hatten angeboten | we had offered |
| ihr | hattet angeboten | you (pl.) had offered |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeboten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde anbieten | I will offer |
| du | wirst anbieten | you will offer |
| er/sie/es | wird anbieten | he/she/it will offer |
| wir | werden anbieten | we will offer |
| ihr | werdet anbieten | you (pl.) will offer |
| sie/Sie | werden anbieten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde angeboten haben | I will have offered |
| du | wirst angeboten haben | you will have offered |
| er/sie/es | wird angeboten haben | he/she/it will have offered |
| wir | werden angeboten haben | we will have offered |
| ihr | werdet angeboten haben | you (pl.) will have offered |
| sie/Sie | werden angeboten haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | böte an |
| du | bötest an |
| er/sie/es | böte an |
| wir | böten an |
| ihr | bötet an |
| sie/Sie | böten 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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | biete an |
| ihr | bietet an |