mieten — German conjugation

to rent

Frequency#156Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichmieteI rent
dumietestyou rent
er/sie/esmietethe/she/it rents
wirmietenwe rent
ihrmietetyou (pl.) rent
sie/Siemietenthey rent

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichmieteteI rented
dumietetestyou rented
er/sie/esmietetehe/she/it rented
wirmietetenwe rented
ihrmietetetyou (pl.) rented
sie/Siemietetenthey rented

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gemietetI have rented
duhast gemietetyou have rented
er/sie/eshat gemietethe/she/it has rented
wirhaben gemietetwe have rented
ihrhabt gemietetyou (pl.) have rented
sie/Siehaben gemietetthey have rented

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gemietetI had rented
duhattest gemietetyou had rented
er/sie/eshatte gemietethe/she/it had rented
wirhatten gemietetwe had rented
ihrhattet gemietetyou (pl.) had rented
sie/Siehatten gemietetthey had rented

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde mietenI will rent
duwirst mietenyou will rent
er/sie/eswird mietenhe/she/it will rent
wirwerden mietenwe will rent
ihrwerdet mietenyou (pl.) will rent
sie/Siewerden mietenthey will rent

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gemietet habenI will have rented
duwirst gemietet habenyou will have rented
er/sie/eswird gemietet habenhe/she/it will have rented
wirwerden gemietet habenwe will have rented
ihrwerdet gemietet habenyou (pl.) will have rented
sie/Siewerden gemietet habenthey will have rented

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?

PronounGerman
ichmietete
dumietetest
er/sie/esmietete
wirmieteten
ihrmietetet
sie/Siemieteten

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.

PronounGerman
dumiete
ihrmietet