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GERMAN VERB

beantworten

to answer, a question

  • #433 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: beantwortet

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I answer
  2. du you answer
  3. er, sie, es he/she answers
  4. wir we answer
  5. ihr you all answer
  6. sie, Sie they answer

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I answered
  2. du you answered
  3. er, sie, es he/she answered
  4. wir we answered
  5. ihr you all answered
  6. sie, Sie they answered

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have answered
  2. du you have answered
  3. er, sie, es he/she has answered
  4. wir we have answered
  5. ihr you all have answered
  6. sie, Sie they have answered

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will answer
  2. du you will answer
  3. er, sie, es he/she will answer
  4. wir we will answer
  5. ihr you all will answer
  6. sie, Sie they will answer

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would answer
  2. du you would answer
  3. er, sie, es he/she would answer
  4. wir we would answer
  5. ihr you all would answer
  6. sie, Sie they would answer

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du answer!
  2. ihr answer! (all of you)
  3. Sie answer! (formal)

How to use beantworten

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ich beantworte Ihre Frage gern.

    I'm happy to answer your question.

  2. Simple past

    Er beantwortete die E-Mail noch am selben Tag.

    He answered the email that same day.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du alle Fragen im Test beantwortet?

    Did you answer all the questions in the test?

  4. Future

    Ich werde die Nachricht heute Abend beantworten.

    I'll answer the message this evening.

  5. Conditional

    Das würde ich lieber nicht beantworten.

    I'd rather not answer that.

  6. Imperative

    Beantworte bitte zuerst meine Frage.

    Please answer my question first.

Good to know

  • Beantworten takes the question directly: eine Frage beantworten, eine E-Mail beantworten. Antworten auf eine Frage says the same.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.