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Lotte mietet ein kleines Zimmer. Lotte is renting a small room.

verb · A1

mieten

[ˈmiːtn̩]

to rent

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Antonyms
vermieten

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es mietet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es mietete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gemietet 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 mietemietetehabe gemietet
du mietestmietetesthast gemietet
er/sie/es mietetmietetehat gemietet
wir mietenmietetenhaben gemietet
ihr mietetmietetethabt gemietet
sie/Sie mietenmietetenhaben gemietet
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 gemietetwerde mietenwerde gemietet haben
du hattest gemietetwirst mietenwirst gemietet haben
er/sie/es hatte gemietetwird mietenwird gemietet haben
wir hatten gemietetwerden mietenwerden gemietet haben
ihr hattet gemietetwerdet mietenwerdet gemietet haben
sie/Sie hatten gemietetwerden mietenwerden gemietet 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 mietete
du mietetest
er/sie/es mietete
wir mieteten
ihr mietetet
sie/Sie mieteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du miete!
ihr mietet!
Sie mieten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

miet root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

In Otti's situations: Lotte moves house

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