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Otti beanstandet die doppelte Abbuchung auf seinem Konto. Otti complains about the double charge on his account.

verb · B2

beanstanden

[bəˈʔanʃtandn̩]

to complain about, to object to

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es beanstandet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es beanstandete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat beanstandet 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 beanstandebeanstandetehabe beanstandet
du beanstandestbeanstandetesthast beanstandet
er/sie/es beanstandetbeanstandetehat beanstandet
wir beanstandenbeanstandetenhaben beanstandet
ihr beanstandetbeanstandetethabt beanstandet
sie/Sie beanstandenbeanstandetenhaben beanstandet
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 beanstandetwerde beanstandenwerde beanstandet haben
du hattest beanstandetwirst beanstandenwirst beanstandet haben
er/sie/es hatte beanstandetwird beanstandenwird beanstandet haben
wir hatten beanstandetwerden beanstandenwerden beanstandet haben
ihr hattet beanstandetwerdet beanstandenwerdet beanstandet haben
sie/Sie hatten beanstandetwerden beanstandenwerden beanstandet 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 beanstandete
du beanstandetest
er/sie/es beanstandete
wir beanstandeten
ihr beanstandetet
sie/Sie beanstandeten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du beanstande!
ihr beanstandet!
Sie beanstanden Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix an prefix stand root en ending

be-
makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
an-
to, at, the start of something: ankommen (to arrive), anrufen (to call). Separable: Ich rufe dich an.
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

die Beanstandung

In Otti's situations: Bruno cancels a subscription

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