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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.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | beanstande | beanstandete | habe beanstandet |
| du | beanstandest | beanstandetest | hast beanstandet |
| er/sie/es | beanstandet | beanstandete | hat beanstandet |
| wir | beanstanden | beanstandeten | haben beanstandet |
| ihr | beanstandet | beanstandetet | habt beanstandet |
| sie/Sie | beanstanden | beanstandeten | haben 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
| Person | Plusquamperfekt | Futur I | Futur II |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte beanstandet | werde beanstanden | werde beanstandet haben |
| du | hattest beanstandet | wirst beanstanden | wirst beanstandet haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte beanstandet | wird beanstanden | wird beanstandet haben |
| wir | hatten beanstandet | werden beanstanden | werden beanstandet haben |
| ihr | hattet beanstandet | werdet beanstanden | werdet beanstandet haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten beanstandet | werden beanstanden | werden 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
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