wetten — German conjugation

to bet

Frequency#637Regular

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
ichwetteI bet
duwettestyou bet
er/sie/eswettethe/she/it bets
wirwettenwe bet
ihrwettetyou (pl.) bet
sie/Siewettenthey bet

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
ichwetteteI bet
duwettetestyou bet
er/sie/eswettetehe/she/it bet
wirwettetenwe bet
ihrwettetetyou (pl.) bet
sie/Siewettetenthey bet

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 gewettetI have bet
duhast gewettetyou have bet
er/sie/eshat gewettethe/she/it has bet
wirhaben gewettetwe have bet
ihrhabt gewettetyou (pl.) have bet
sie/Siehaben gewettetthey have bet

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 gewettetI had bet
duhattest gewettetyou had bet
er/sie/eshatte gewettethe/she/it had bet
wirhatten gewettetwe had bet
ihrhattet gewettetyou (pl.) had bet
sie/Siehatten gewettetthey had bet

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 wettenI will bet
duwirst wettenyou will bet
er/sie/eswird wettenhe/she/it will bet
wirwerden wettenwe will bet
ihrwerdet wettenyou (pl.) will bet
sie/Siewerden wettenthey will bet

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 gewettet habenI will have bet
duwirst gewettet habenyou will have bet
er/sie/eswird gewettet habenhe/she/it will have bet
wirwerden gewettet habenwe will have bet
ihrwerdet gewettet habenyou (pl.) will have bet
sie/Siewerden gewettet habenthey will have bet

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
ichwettete
duwettetest
er/sie/eswettete
wirwetteten
ihrwettetet
sie/Siewetteten

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
duwette
ihrwettet