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Der falsche Paketbote versucht, Otti um fünfzig Euro zu betrügen. The fake delivery man tries to cheat Otti out of fifty euros.

verb · B2

betrügen

[bəˈtʁyːɡn̩]

to cheat, to deceive, to scam

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Synonyms
täuschen

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es betrügt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es betrog The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat betrogen 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 betrügebetroghabe betrogen
du betrügstbetrogsthast betrogen
er/sie/es betrügtbetroghat betrogen
wir betrügenbetrogenhaben betrogen
ihr betrügtbetrogthabt betrogen
sie/Sie betrügenbetrogenhaben betrogen
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 betrogenwerde betrügenwerde betrogen haben
du hattest betrogenwirst betrügenwirst betrogen haben
er/sie/es hatte betrogenwird betrügenwird betrogen haben
wir hatten betrogenwerden betrügenwerden betrogen haben
ihr hattet betrogenwerdet betrügenwerdet betrogen haben
sie/Sie hatten betrogenwerden betrügenwerden betrogen 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 betröge
du betrögst
er/sie/es betröge
wir betrögen
ihr betrögt
sie/Sie betrögen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du betrüg!
ihr betrügt!
Sie betrügen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix trüg 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

In Otti's situations: Otti almost falls for a scam

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