Conjunation

betragen — German conjugation

to amount to

Frequency#483Irregular

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
ichbetrageI amount to
dubeträgstyou amount to
er/sie/esbeträgthe/she/it amounts to
wirbetragenwe amount to
ihrbetragtyou (pl.) amount to
sie/Siebetragenthey amount to

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
ichbetrugI amounted to
dubetrugstyou amounted to
er/sie/esbetrughe/she/it amounted to
wirbetrugenwe amounted to
ihrbetrugtyou (pl.) amounted to
sie/Siebetrugenthey amounted to

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 betragenI have amounted to
duhast betragenyou have amounted to
er/sie/eshat betragenhe/she/it has amounted to
wirhaben betragenwe have amounted to
ihrhabt betragenyou (pl.) have amounted to
sie/Siehaben betragenthey have amounted to

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 betragenI had amounted to
duhattest betragenyou had amounted to
er/sie/eshatte betragenhe/she/it had amounted to
wirhatten betragenwe had amounted to
ihrhattet betragenyou (pl.) had amounted to
sie/Siehatten betragenthey had amounted to

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 betragenI will amount to
duwirst betragenyou will amount to
er/sie/eswird betragenhe/she/it will amount to
wirwerden betragenwe will amount to
ihrwerdet betragenyou (pl.) will amount to
sie/Siewerden betragenthey will amount to

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

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
ichbetrüge
dubetrügest
er/sie/esbetrüge
wirbetrügen
ihrbetrüget
sie/Siebetrügen

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
dubetrage
ihrbetragt

Verbs near betragen

aussetzen · ergreifen · schwächen · beweisen · austauschen · erschrecken · integrieren · begleiten · erstaunen · unterbringen