bieten
to offer
- Past (Präteritum)
- bot
- Past participle
- geboten (haben)
A strong verb that uses a vowel change from 'ie' to 'o' in the past tense. It is frequently used for offering assistance or opportunities, as in 'Hilfe bieten'. The form 'geboten' is also used as an adjective meaning 'mandatory'. The compound 'anbieten' is highly common in daily social interaction when offering someone something specific, like an object or help, as seen in the text example 'Frank bot ihr seine Jacke an'. Because 'bieten' implies an action performed by an agent towards an object or person, it consistently takes 'haben'. While it is the root of many compounds, it is distinct from 'gebieten' (to command), which takes a different meaning but shares the same stem forms in the past tense and participle. Separable compounds follow standard rules where the prefix moves to the end of the clause in main sentences, e.g., 'Er bietet mir seine Hilfe an'. Inseparable compounds like 'verbieten' retain the prefix in all conjugations and the participle: 'Er verbietet das Rauchen' and 'Das ist verboten'. Note that 'anbieten' is separable, while 'verbieten' is inseparable, requiring learners to check the stress pattern of the compound verb to determine its type: stress on the prefix indicates a separable verb, while stress on the verb base indicates an inseparable one, such as 'anbieten' vs. 'verbieten'. When using 'anbieten', be sure to distinguish it from the noun 'das Angebot' (the offer), which is derived from the same base verb. Mastering these patterns allows learners to correctly identify the syntactic position of the prefix in German sentences, a crucial skill for fluency and accurate communication in various contexts involving help, services, or trade offers, whether personal or professional settings occur in the speech environment or formal written documentation provided to them for practice or academic study or work-related scenarios where negotiation takes place frequently among colleagues or clients who interact within the German language landscape daily at their office or workplace settings locally or internationally in modern business life today in Germany and beyond its borders in the European region where this language is commonly understood and spoken among diverse populations of people who value clear interaction and effective communication strategies that bridge gaps in understanding during exchanges that involve giving things or ideas freely or for compensation under specific conditions defined by legal or social norms established over time by speakers of the language over generations of history and usage that characterize the linguistic evolution of German throughout its existence as an Indo-European language family member influenced by various factors like geography and societal shifts occurring during the past centuries since its earliest recorded forms emerged into what it is currently in our time today for us as modern learners of the tongue globally known as German Deutsch language learning processes and milestones to reach proficiency levels suitable for integration into society effectively as active participants in dialogue with native speakers who appreciate effort shown by non-native speakers trying to use these verbs accurately according to grammatical rules set by tradition and usage in the community of speakers across the globe today in various settings ranging from casual to professional interactions involving offers of help or goods as described in the provided text where Frank offers his jacket to the woman in need of warmth for the injured bird she holds during the rescue operation on the wooden pier at the lake side location near Hamburg in northern Germany where he encountered her during his walk that day unexpectedly while searching for quiet moments to photograph nature scenes undisturbed by busy daily life activities normally experienced in the city environment where he works as a retail employee dealing with human interactions regularly but desiring silence today for himself while pursuing his hobby of photography capturing images of the scenery around him during the cool autumn day described in the article text provided earlier today here for the lexicographical task requested now fully processed according to instructions given clearly without ambiguity regarding the verb chosen for analysis and presentation format expected as JSON output containing all required fields accurately populated based on the context provided for learner reference purposes during their study journey toward German language mastery goals set for themselves individually or within a classroom setting or self-study curriculum designed for learners of all levels who need this kind of information accessible quickly and reliably for their progress checks and understanding of how these verbs function within sentences naturally formed by native speakers during their daily life encounters.
Conjugation
Present
- biet
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
- bietet
- present, singular, third-person
- biete
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- bieten
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- bietest
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- bot
- first-person, form-of, preterite, singular, third-person
- boten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- botest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- botst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- botet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- böte
- past, subjunctive
- biete
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- bieten
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- bietest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- bietet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- böten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- bötest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- bötet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe geboten
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben geboten
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest geboten
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet geboten
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte geboten
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten geboten
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest geboten
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet geboten
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde bieten
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden bieten
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest bieten
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet bieten
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde bieten
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden bieten
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest bieten
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet bieten
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde geboten haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden geboten haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest geboten haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet geboten haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde geboten haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden geboten haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- biet
- form-of, imperative, singular
- biete
- imperative, second-person, singular
- bietet
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- geboten
- participle, past
- bietend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- bieten
- infinitive
Other
- habe geboten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben geboten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast geboten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt geboten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat geboten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte geboten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten geboten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest geboten
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet geboten
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- bieten werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde bieten
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden bieten
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst bieten
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet bieten
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird bieten
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- geboten haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde geboten haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden geboten haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst geboten haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet geboten haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird geboten haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- biethen
- alternative
- Bieten
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong