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