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Otti verhandelt mit seiner Chefin über ein höheres Gehalt. Otti is negotiating a higher salary with his boss.

verb · B2

verhandeln

[fɛɐ̯ˈhandl̩n]

to negotiate, to haggle

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es verhandelt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es verhandelte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat verhandelt 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 verhandleverhandeltehabe verhandelt
du verhandelstverhandeltesthast verhandelt
er/sie/es verhandeltverhandeltehat verhandelt
wir verhandelnverhandeltenhaben verhandelt
ihr verhandeltverhandeltethabt verhandelt
sie/Sie verhandelnverhandeltenhaben verhandelt
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 verhandeltwerde verhandelnwerde verhandelt haben
du hattest verhandeltwirst verhandelnwirst verhandelt haben
er/sie/es hatte verhandeltwird verhandelnwird verhandelt haben
wir hatten verhandeltwerden verhandelnwerden verhandelt haben
ihr hattet verhandeltwerdet verhandelnwerdet verhandelt haben
sie/Sie hatten verhandeltwerden verhandelnwerden verhandelt 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 verhandelte
du verhandeltest
er/sie/es verhandelte
wir verhandelten
ihr verhandeltet
sie/Sie verhandelten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du verhandle!
ihr verhandelt!
Sie verhandeln Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix handel root n ending

ver-
often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
-n
the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.

Word family

In Otti's situations: Otti asks for a pay rise, Frida negotiates with a client

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