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In seinem Kommentar vertritt Otti klar die These, dass Bibliotheken auch sonntags öffnen sollten. In his commentary, Otti clearly argues that libraries should open on Sundays too.

verb · C1

vertreten

[fɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtn̩]

to hold (a view), to represent, to stand in for

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es vertritt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es vertrat The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat vertreten 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 vertretevertrathabe vertreten
du vertrittstvertratesthast vertreten
er/sie/es vertrittvertrathat vertreten
wir vertretenvertratenhaben vertreten
ihr vertretetvertratethabt vertreten
sie/Sie vertretenvertratenhaben vertreten
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 vertretenwerde vertretenwerde vertreten haben
du hattest vertretenwirst vertretenwirst vertreten haben
er/sie/es hatte vertretenwird vertretenwird vertreten haben
wir hatten vertretenwerden vertretenwerden vertreten haben
ihr hattet vertretenwerdet vertretenwerdet vertreten haben
sie/Sie hatten vertretenwerden vertretenwerden vertreten 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 verträte
du verträtest
er/sie/es verträte
wir verträten
ihr verträtet
sie/Sie verträten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du vertritt!
ihr vertretet!
Sie vertreten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix tret 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

der Vertreterdie Vertreterindie Vertretungtreten

In Otti's situations: Otti writes an opinion piece

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