vermieten — German conjugation
to rent out
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | vermiete | I rent out |
| du | vermietest | you rent out |
| er/sie/es | vermietet | he/she/it rents out |
| wir | vermieten | we rent out |
| ihr | vermietet | you (pl.) rent out |
| sie/Sie | vermieten | they rent out |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | vermietete | I rented out |
| du | vermietetest | you rented out |
| er/sie/es | vermietete | he/she/it rented out |
| wir | vermieteten | we rented out |
| ihr | vermietetet | you (pl.) rented out |
| sie/Sie | vermieteten | they rented out |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe vermietet | I have rented out |
| du | hast vermietet | you have rented out |
| er/sie/es | hat vermietet | he/she/it has rented out |
| wir | haben vermietet | we have rented out |
| ihr | habt vermietet | you (pl.) have rented out |
| sie/Sie | haben vermietet | they have rented out |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte vermietet | I had rented out |
| du | hattest vermietet | you had rented out |
| er/sie/es | hatte vermietet | he/she/it had rented out |
| wir | hatten vermietet | we had rented out |
| ihr | hattet vermietet | you (pl.) had rented out |
| sie/Sie | hatten vermietet | they had rented out |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde vermieten | I will rent out |
| du | wirst vermieten | you will rent out |
| er/sie/es | wird vermieten | he/she/it will rent out |
| wir | werden vermieten | we will rent out |
| ihr | werdet vermieten | you (pl.) will rent out |
| sie/Sie | werden vermieten | they will rent out |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde vermietet haben | I will have rented out |
| du | wirst vermietet haben | you will have rented out |
| er/sie/es | wird vermietet haben | he/she/it will have rented out |
| wir | werden vermietet haben | we will have rented out |
| ihr | werdet vermietet haben | you (pl.) will have rented out |
| sie/Sie | werden vermietet haben | they will have rented out |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | vermietete |
| du | vermietetest |
| er/sie/es | vermietete |
| wir | vermieteten |
| ihr | vermietetet |
| sie/Sie | vermieteten |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | vermiete |
| ihr | vermietet |