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GERMAN VERB

vertreten

to represent

  • #441 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: vertreten

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use vertreten

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

  1. Present

    Herr Lange vertritt die Firma in Wien.

    Mr Lange represents the company in Vienna.

  2. Simple past

    Während ihres Urlaubs vertrat ich die Kollegin.

    While she was on holiday I stood in for my colleague.

  3. Perfect

    Wer hat dich gestern im Unterricht vertreten?

    Who covered your class yesterday?

  4. Future

    Ein Anwalt wird uns vor Gericht vertreten.

    A lawyer will represent us in court.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde diese Meinung nicht öffentlich vertreten.

    I wouldn't defend that opinion publicly.

  6. Imperative

    Vertritt mich bitte morgen bei der Besprechung.

    Please stand in for me at the meeting tomorrow.

Good to know

  • To stand in for a colleague is also vertreten: ich vertrete Frau Koch diese Woche. To hold an opinion is eine Meinung vertreten.

Where you hear vertreten

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Advanced Level 1

  • Ich vertrete den Eigentümer. I represent the owner.
  • Die Anwältin hat die Mieter vertreten. The lawyer represented the tenants.
  • Morgen vertrete ich den Eigentümer. Tomorrow I'll represent the owner.
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The Investor's Representative

Advanced Level 1 · Herr Becker? Ich vertrete den Eigentümer.

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