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Otti beachtet die Ruhezeit und staubsaugt nie nach zehn Uhr. Otti respects the quiet hours and never vacuums after ten.

verb · B1

beachten

[bəˈʔaxtn̩]

to observe, to follow, to pay attention to

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es beachtet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es beachtete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat beachtet The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich beachtebeachtetehabe beachtet
du beachtestbeachtetesthast beachtet
er/sie/es beachtetbeachtetehat beachtet
wir beachtenbeachtetenhaben beachtet
ihr beachtetbeachtetethabt beachtet
sie/Sie beachtenbeachtetenhaben beachtet
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte beachtetwerde beachtenwerde beachtet haben
du hattest beachtetwirst beachtenwirst beachtet haben
er/sie/es hatte beachtetwird beachtenwird beachtet haben
wir hatten beachtetwerden beachtenwerden beachtet haben
ihr hattet beachtetwerdet beachtenwerdet beachtet haben
sie/Sie hatten beachtetwerden beachtenwerden beachtet haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich beachtete
du beachtetest
er/sie/es beachtete
wir beachteten
ihr beachtetet
sie/Sie beachteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde beachten.

Person Imperativ
du beachte!
ihr beachtet!
Sie beachten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix acht root en ending

be-
makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

achtendie Beachtungachtsamdie Achtung

In Otti's situations: Otti signs the rental contract

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