anvertrauen — German conjugation

to entrust

Frequency#986Irregular

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
ichvertraue anI entrust
duvertraust anyou entrust
er/sie/esvertraut anhe/she/it entrusts
wirvertrauen anwe entrust
ihrvertraut anyou (pl.) entrust
sie/Sievertrauen anthey entrust

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
ichvertraute anI entrusted
duvertrautest anyou entrusted
er/sie/esvertraute anhe/she/it entrusted
wirvertrauten anwe entrusted
ihrvertrautet anyou (pl.) entrusted
sie/Sievertrauten anthey entrusted

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 anvertrautI have entrusted
duhast anvertrautyou have entrusted
er/sie/eshat anvertrauthe/she/it has entrusted
wirhaben anvertrautwe have entrusted
ihrhabt anvertrautyou (pl.) have entrusted
sie/Siehaben anvertrautthey have entrusted

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 anvertrautI had entrusted
duhattest anvertrautyou had entrusted
er/sie/eshatte anvertrauthe/she/it had entrusted
wirhatten anvertrautwe had entrusted
ihrhattet anvertrautyou (pl.) had entrusted
sie/Siehatten anvertrautthey had entrusted

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 anvertrauenI will entrust
duwirst anvertrauenyou will entrust
er/sie/eswird anvertrauenhe/she/it will entrust
wirwerden anvertrauenwe will entrust
ihrwerdet anvertrauenyou (pl.) will entrust
sie/Siewerden anvertrauenthey will entrust

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 anvertraut habenI will have entrusted
duwirst anvertraut habenyou will have entrusted
er/sie/eswird anvertraut habenhe/she/it will have entrusted
wirwerden anvertraut habenwe will have entrusted
ihrwerdet anvertraut habenyou (pl.) will have entrusted
sie/Siewerden anvertraut habenthey will have entrusted

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
ichvertraute an
duvertrautest an
er/sie/esvertraute an
wirvertrauten an
ihrvertrautet an
sie/Sievertrauten 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
duvertraue an
ihrvertraut an