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GERMAN VERB

vermuten

to suppose, to suspect

  • #306 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: vermutet

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use vermuten

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

  1. Present

    Ich vermute, er ist noch im Büro.

    I suppose he's still at the office.

  2. Simple past

    Die Polizei vermutete einen Unfall.

    The police suspected an accident.

  3. Perfect

    Das habe ich schon lange vermutet.

    I've suspected that for a long time.

  4. Future

    Sie werden vermuten, dass wir es waren.

    They'll suspect that it was us.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde vermuten, der Laden ist heute zu.

    I would guess the shop is closed today.

  6. Imperative

    Vermute nicht gleich das Schlimmste.

    Don't assume the worst right away.

Good to know

  • Ich vermute is a soft I suppose, I guess; vermutlich is probably.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.