vertrauen — German conjugation
to trust
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 | vertraue | I trust |
| du | vertraust | you trust |
| er/sie/es | vertraut | he/she/it trusts |
| wir | vertrauen | we trust |
| ihr | vertraut | you (pl.) trust |
| sie/Sie | vertrauen | they trust |
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 | vertraute | I trusted |
| du | vertrautest | you trusted |
| er/sie/es | vertraute | he/she/it trusted |
| wir | vertrauten | we trusted |
| ihr | vertrautet | you (pl.) trusted |
| sie/Sie | vertrauten | they trusted |
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 vertraut | I have trusted |
| du | hast vertraut | you have trusted |
| er/sie/es | hat vertraut | he/she/it has trusted |
| wir | haben vertraut | we have trusted |
| ihr | habt vertraut | you (pl.) have trusted |
| sie/Sie | haben vertraut | they have trusted |
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 vertraut | I had trusted |
| du | hattest vertraut | you had trusted |
| er/sie/es | hatte vertraut | he/she/it had trusted |
| wir | hatten vertraut | we had trusted |
| ihr | hattet vertraut | you (pl.) had trusted |
| sie/Sie | hatten vertraut | they had trusted |
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 vertrauen | I will trust |
| du | wirst vertrauen | you will trust |
| er/sie/es | wird vertrauen | he/she/it will trust |
| wir | werden vertrauen | we will trust |
| ihr | werdet vertrauen | you (pl.) will trust |
| sie/Sie | werden vertrauen | they will trust |
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 vertraut haben | I will have trusted |
| du | wirst vertraut haben | you will have trusted |
| er/sie/es | wird vertraut haben | he/she/it will have trusted |
| wir | werden vertraut haben | we will have trusted |
| ihr | werdet vertraut haben | you (pl.) will have trusted |
| sie/Sie | werden vertraut haben | they will have trusted |
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 | vertraute |
| du | vertrautest |
| er/sie/es | vertraute |
| wir | vertrauten |
| ihr | vertrautet |
| sie/Sie | vertrauten |
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 | vertraue |
| ihr | vertraut |