anvertrauen — German conjugation
to entrust
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 | vertraue an | I entrust |
| du | vertraust an | you entrust |
| er/sie/es | vertraut an | he/she/it entrusts |
| wir | vertrauen an | we entrust |
| ihr | vertraut an | you (pl.) entrust |
| sie/Sie | vertrauen an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | vertraute an | I entrusted |
| du | vertrautest an | you entrusted |
| er/sie/es | vertraute an | he/she/it entrusted |
| wir | vertrauten an | we entrusted |
| ihr | vertrautet an | you (pl.) entrusted |
| sie/Sie | vertrauten an | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe anvertraut | I have entrusted |
| du | hast anvertraut | you have entrusted |
| er/sie/es | hat anvertraut | he/she/it has entrusted |
| wir | haben anvertraut | we have entrusted |
| ihr | habt anvertraut | you (pl.) have entrusted |
| sie/Sie | haben anvertraut | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte anvertraut | I had entrusted |
| du | hattest anvertraut | you had entrusted |
| er/sie/es | hatte anvertraut | he/she/it had entrusted |
| wir | hatten anvertraut | we had entrusted |
| ihr | hattet anvertraut | you (pl.) had entrusted |
| sie/Sie | hatten anvertraut | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde anvertrauen | I will entrust |
| du | wirst anvertrauen | you will entrust |
| er/sie/es | wird anvertrauen | he/she/it will entrust |
| wir | werden anvertrauen | we will entrust |
| ihr | werdet anvertrauen | you (pl.) will entrust |
| sie/Sie | werden anvertrauen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde anvertraut haben | I will have entrusted |
| du | wirst anvertraut haben | you will have entrusted |
| er/sie/es | wird anvertraut haben | he/she/it will have entrusted |
| wir | werden anvertraut haben | we will have entrusted |
| ihr | werdet anvertraut haben | you (pl.) will have entrusted |
| sie/Sie | werden anvertraut haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | vertraute an |
| du | vertrautest an |
| er/sie/es | vertraute an |
| wir | vertrauten an |
| ihr | vertrautet an |
| sie/Sie | vertrauten 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 | vertraue an |
| ihr | vertraut an |