verb · B1
beantworten
[bəˈʔantvɔʁtn̩]
to answer, to reply to
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Other Examples
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Warum beantwortest du meine Nachrichten nicht?
Why aren't you answering my messages?
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es beantwortet What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es beantwortete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat beantwortet 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 | beantworte | beantwortete | habe beantwortet |
| du | beantwortest | beantwortetest | hast beantwortet |
| er/sie/es | beantwortet | beantwortete | hat beantwortet |
| wir | beantworten | beantworteten | haben beantwortet |
| ihr | beantwortet | beantwortetet | habt beantwortet |
| sie/Sie | beantworten | beantworteten | haben beantwortet |
- 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 beantwortet | werde beantworten | werde beantwortet haben |
| du | hattest beantwortet | wirst beantworten | wirst beantwortet haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte beantwortet | wird beantworten | wird beantwortet haben |
| wir | hatten beantwortet | werden beantworten | werden beantwortet haben |
| ihr | hattet beantwortet | werdet beantworten | werdet beantwortet haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten beantwortet | werden beantworten | werden beantwortet 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 | beantwortete |
| du | beantwortetest |
| er/sie/es | beantwortete |
| wir | beantworteten |
| ihr | beantwortetet |
| sie/Sie | beantworteten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde beantworten.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | beantworte! |
| ihr | beantwortet! |
| Sie | beantworten Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
be prefix ant prefix wort 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.
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