betreffen — German conjugation
to concern, to have to do with or affect a business of
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 | betreffe | I concern |
| du | betriffst | you concern |
| er/sie/es | betrifft | he/she/it concerns |
| wir | betreffen | we concern |
| ihr | betrefft | you (pl.) concern |
| sie/Sie | betreffen | they concern |
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 | betraf | I concerned |
| du | betrafst | you concerned |
| er/sie/es | betraf | he/she/it concerned |
| wir | betrafen | we concerned |
| ihr | betraft | you (pl.) concerned |
| sie/Sie | betrafen | they concerned |
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 betroffen | I have concerned |
| du | hast betroffen | you have concerned |
| er/sie/es | hat betroffen | he/she/it has concerned |
| wir | haben betroffen | we have concerned |
| ihr | habt betroffen | you (pl.) have concerned |
| sie/Sie | haben betroffen | they have concerned |
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 betroffen | I had concerned |
| du | hattest betroffen | you had concerned |
| er/sie/es | hatte betroffen | he/she/it had concerned |
| wir | hatten betroffen | we had concerned |
| ihr | hattet betroffen | you (pl.) had concerned |
| sie/Sie | hatten betroffen | they had concerned |
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 betreffen | I will concern |
| du | wirst betreffen | you will concern |
| er/sie/es | wird betreffen | he/she/it will concern |
| wir | werden betreffen | we will concern |
| ihr | werdet betreffen | you (pl.) will concern |
| sie/Sie | werden betreffen | they will concern |
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 betroffen haben | I will have concerned |
| du | wirst betroffen haben | you will have concerned |
| er/sie/es | wird betroffen haben | he/she/it will have concerned |
| wir | werden betroffen haben | we will have concerned |
| ihr | werdet betroffen haben | you (pl.) will have concerned |
| sie/Sie | werden betroffen haben | they will have concerned |
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 | beträfe |
| du | beträfest |
| er/sie/es | beträfe |
| wir | beträfen |
| ihr | beträfet |
| sie/Sie | beträfen |
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 | betriff |
| ihr | betrefft |