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GERMAN VERB

bestätigen

to confirm

  • #461 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: bestätigt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use bestätigen

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

  1. Present

    Das Hotel bestätigt die Buchung per E-Mail.

    The hotel confirms the booking by email.

  2. Simple past

    Der Arzt bestätigte den Termin am Telefon.

    The doctor confirmed the appointment on the phone.

  3. Perfect

    Haben Sie Ihre Adresse schon bestätigt?

    Have you confirmed your address yet?

  4. Future

    Ich werde den Termin morgen früh bestätigen.

    I'll confirm the appointment tomorrow morning.

  5. Conditional

    Würden Sie mir das bitte schriftlich bestätigen?

    Would you confirm that for me in writing, please?

  6. Imperative

    Bestätige bitte kurz, dass du kommst.

    Please confirm briefly that you're coming.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.