verraten — German conjugation
to betray, to be disloyal to
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 | verrate | I betray |
| du | verrätst | you betray |
| er/sie/es | verrät | he/she/it betrays |
| wir | verraten | we betray |
| ihr | verratet | you (pl.) betray |
| sie/Sie | verraten | they betray |
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 | verriet | I betrayed |
| du | verrietest | you betrayed |
| er/sie/es | verriet | he/she/it betrayed |
| wir | verrieten | we betrayed |
| ihr | verrietet | you (pl.) betrayed |
| sie/Sie | verrieten | they betrayed |
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 verraten | I have betrayed |
| du | hast verraten | you have betrayed |
| er/sie/es | hat verraten | he/she/it has betrayed |
| wir | haben verraten | we have betrayed |
| ihr | habt verraten | you (pl.) have betrayed |
| sie/Sie | haben verraten | they have betrayed |
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 verraten | I had betrayed |
| du | hattest verraten | you had betrayed |
| er/sie/es | hatte verraten | he/she/it had betrayed |
| wir | hatten verraten | we had betrayed |
| ihr | hattet verraten | you (pl.) had betrayed |
| sie/Sie | hatten verraten | they had betrayed |
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 verraten | I will betray |
| du | wirst verraten | you will betray |
| er/sie/es | wird verraten | he/she/it will betray |
| wir | werden verraten | we will betray |
| ihr | werdet verraten | you (pl.) will betray |
| sie/Sie | werden verraten | they will betray |
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 verraten haben | I will have betrayed |
| du | wirst verraten haben | you will have betrayed |
| er/sie/es | wird verraten haben | he/she/it will have betrayed |
| wir | werden verraten haben | we will have betrayed |
| ihr | werdet verraten haben | you (pl.) will have betrayed |
| sie/Sie | werden verraten haben | they will have betrayed |
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 | verriete |
| du | verrietest |
| er/sie/es | verriete |
| wir | verrieten |
| ihr | verrietet |
| sie/Sie | verrieten |
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 | verrate |
| ihr | verratet |