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Die Vermieterin verlangt 1500 Euro Kaution. The landlady asks for a deposit of 1,500 euros.

verb · B1

verlangen

[fɛɐ̯ˈlaŋən]

to demand, to ask for

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Synonyms
fordern

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es verlangt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es verlangte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat verlangt 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 verlangeverlangtehabe verlangt
du verlangstverlangtesthast verlangt
er/sie/es verlangtverlangtehat verlangt
wir verlangenverlangtenhaben verlangt
ihr verlangtverlangtethabt verlangt
sie/Sie verlangenverlangtenhaben verlangt
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 verlangtwerde verlangenwerde verlangt haben
du hattest verlangtwirst verlangenwirst verlangt haben
er/sie/es hatte verlangtwird verlangenwird verlangt haben
wir hatten verlangtwerden verlangenwerden verlangt haben
ihr hattet verlangtwerdet verlangenwerdet verlangt haben
sie/Sie hatten verlangtwerden verlangenwerden verlangt 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 verlangte
du verlangtest
er/sie/es verlangte
wir verlangten
ihr verlangtet
sie/Sie verlangten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du verlang!
ihr verlangt!
Sie verlangen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix lang root en ending

ver-
often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

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