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Mit einem alten Foto in der Hand erzählt Frau Hilde, dass sie ihren Umzug nie bereut hat. Holding an old photo, Frau Hilde says she has never regretted her move.

verb · B2

bereuen

[bəˈʁɔɪ̯ən]

to regret

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es bereut What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es bereute The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat bereut 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 bereuebereutehabe bereut
du bereustbereutesthast bereut
er/sie/es bereutbereutehat bereut
wir bereuenbereutenhaben bereut
ihr bereutbereutethabt bereut
sie/Sie bereuenbereutenhaben bereut
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 bereutwerde bereuenwerde bereut haben
du hattest bereutwirst bereuenwirst bereut haben
er/sie/es hatte bereutwird bereuenwird bereut haben
wir hatten bereutwerden bereuenwerden bereut haben
ihr hattet bereutwerdet bereuenwerdet bereut haben
sie/Sie hatten bereutwerden bereuenwerden bereut 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 bereute
du bereutest
er/sie/es bereute
wir bereuten
ihr bereutet
sie/Sie bereuten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du bereu!
ihr bereut!
Sie bereuen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix reu 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

die Reue

In Otti's situations: Should Otti move to Hamburg?

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