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Eine nette Familie vermietet Lotte ein Zimmer. A nice family rents a room to Lotte.

verb · A1

vermieten

[fɛɐ̯ˈmiːtn̩]

to rent out, to let

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Antonyms
mieten

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es vermietet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es vermietete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat vermietet 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 vermietevermietetehabe vermietet
du vermietestvermietetesthast vermietet
er/sie/es vermietetvermietetehat vermietet
wir vermietenvermietetenhaben vermietet
ihr vermietetvermietetethabt vermietet
sie/Sie vermietenvermietetenhaben vermietet
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 vermietetwerde vermietenwerde vermietet haben
du hattest vermietetwirst vermietenwirst vermietet haben
er/sie/es hatte vermietetwird vermietenwird vermietet haben
wir hatten vermietetwerden vermietenwerden vermietet haben
ihr hattet vermietetwerdet vermietenwerdet vermietet haben
sie/Sie hatten vermietetwerden vermietenwerden vermietet 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 vermietete
du vermietetest
er/sie/es vermietete
wir vermieteten
ihr vermietetet
sie/Sie vermieteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du vermiete!
ihr vermietet!
Sie vermieten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix miet 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.

Word family

In Otti's situations: Lotte moves house

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