bieten — German conjugation
to offer
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 | biete | I offer |
| du | bietest | you offer |
| er/sie/es | bietet | he/she/it offers |
| wir | bieten | we offer |
| ihr | bietet | you (pl.) offer |
| sie/Sie | bieten | they offer |
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 | bot | I offered |
| du | botest | you offered |
| er/sie/es | bot | he/she/it offered |
| wir | boten | we offered |
| ihr | botet | you (pl.) offered |
| sie/Sie | boten | they offered |
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 geboten | I have offered |
| du | hast geboten | you have offered |
| er/sie/es | hat geboten | he/she/it has offered |
| wir | haben geboten | we have offered |
| ihr | habt geboten | you (pl.) have offered |
| sie/Sie | haben geboten | they have offered |
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 geboten | I had offered |
| du | hattest geboten | you had offered |
| er/sie/es | hatte geboten | he/she/it had offered |
| wir | hatten geboten | we had offered |
| ihr | hattet geboten | you (pl.) had offered |
| sie/Sie | hatten geboten | they had offered |
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 bieten | I will offer |
| du | wirst bieten | you will offer |
| er/sie/es | wird bieten | he/she/it will offer |
| wir | werden bieten | we will offer |
| ihr | werdet bieten | you (pl.) will offer |
| sie/Sie | werden bieten | they will offer |
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 geboten haben | I will have offered |
| du | wirst geboten haben | you will have offered |
| er/sie/es | wird geboten haben | he/she/it will have offered |
| wir | werden geboten haben | we will have offered |
| ihr | werdet geboten haben | you (pl.) will have offered |
| sie/Sie | werden geboten haben | they will have offered |
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 | böte |
| du | bötest |
| er/sie/es | böte |
| wir | böten |
| ihr | bötet |
| sie/Sie | böten |
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 | biete |
| ihr | bietet |