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GERMAN VERB

bieten

to offer

  • #90 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: geboten

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use bieten

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

  1. Present

    Die Stadt bietet viel für junge Leute.

    The city has a lot to offer young people.

  2. Simple past

    Er bot mir fünfzig Euro für das Fahrrad.

    He offered me fifty euros for the bike.

  3. Perfect

    Die Firma hat mir mehr Gehalt geboten.

    The company offered me a higher salary.

  4. Future

    Der Urlaub wird uns viel Ruhe bieten.

    The holiday will give us plenty of peace.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde nicht mehr als hundert Euro bieten.

    I wouldn't offer more than a hundred euros.

  6. Imperative

    Biete ihm nicht gleich den vollen Preis.

    Don't offer him the full price right away.

Good to know

  • Anbieten is to offer someone something directly: Darf ich Ihnen etwas anbieten?

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.