vertrauen — German conjugation

to trust

Frequency#2534Regular

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
ichvertraueI trust
duvertraustyou trust
er/sie/esvertrauthe/she/it trusts
wirvertrauenwe trust
ihrvertrautyou (pl.) trust
sie/Sievertrauenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichvertrauteI trusted
duvertrautestyou trusted
er/sie/esvertrautehe/she/it trusted
wirvertrautenwe trusted
ihrvertrautetyou (pl.) trusted
sie/Sievertrautenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe vertrautI have trusted
duhast vertrautyou have trusted
er/sie/eshat vertrauthe/she/it has trusted
wirhaben vertrautwe have trusted
ihrhabt vertrautyou (pl.) have trusted
sie/Siehaben vertrautthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte vertrautI had trusted
duhattest vertrautyou had trusted
er/sie/eshatte vertrauthe/she/it had trusted
wirhatten vertrautwe had trusted
ihrhattet vertrautyou (pl.) had trusted
sie/Siehatten vertrautthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde vertrauenI will trust
duwirst vertrauenyou will trust
er/sie/eswird vertrauenhe/she/it will trust
wirwerden vertrauenwe will trust
ihrwerdet vertrauenyou (pl.) will trust
sie/Siewerden vertrauenthey 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.

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

PronounGerman
ichvertraute
duvertrautest
er/sie/esvertraute
wirvertrauten
ihrvertrautet
sie/Sievertrauten

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
duvertraue
ihrvertraut