betrachten — German conjugation
to consider
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Regular
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 | betrachte | I consider |
| du | betrachtest | you consider |
| er/sie/es | betrachtet | he/she/it considers |
| wir | betrachten | we consider |
| ihr | betrachtet | you (pl.) consider |
| sie/Sie | betrachten | they consider |
Simple past (Präteritum) Regular
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 | betrachtete | I considered |
| du | betrachtetest | you considered |
| er/sie/es | betrachtete | he/she/it considered |
| wir | betrachteten | we considered |
| ihr | betrachtetet | you (pl.) considered |
| sie/Sie | betrachteten | they considered |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular
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 betrachtet | I have considered |
| du | hast betrachtet | you have considered |
| er/sie/es | hat betrachtet | he/she/it has considered |
| wir | haben betrachtet | we have considered |
| ihr | habt betrachtet | you (pl.) have considered |
| sie/Sie | haben betrachtet | they have considered |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular
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 betrachtet | I had considered |
| du | hattest betrachtet | you had considered |
| er/sie/es | hatte betrachtet | he/she/it had considered |
| wir | hatten betrachtet | we had considered |
| ihr | hattet betrachtet | you (pl.) had considered |
| sie/Sie | hatten betrachtet | they had considered |
Future I (Futur I) Regular
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 betrachten | I will consider |
| du | wirst betrachten | you will consider |
| er/sie/es | wird betrachten | he/she/it will consider |
| wir | werden betrachten | we will consider |
| ihr | werdet betrachten | you (pl.) will consider |
| sie/Sie | werden betrachten | they will consider |
Future II (Futur II) Regular
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 betrachtet haben | I will have considered |
| du | wirst betrachtet haben | you will have considered |
| er/sie/es | wird betrachtet haben | he/she/it will have considered |
| wir | werden betrachtet haben | we will have considered |
| ihr | werdet betrachtet haben | you (pl.) will have considered |
| sie/Sie | werden betrachtet haben | they will have considered |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular
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 | betrachtete |
| du | betrachtetest |
| er/sie/es | betrachtete |
| wir | betrachteten |
| ihr | betrachtetet |
| sie/Sie | betrachteten |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Regular
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 | betrachte |
| ihr | betrachtet |