Anbieten Examples, Sentences and Quiz in German
How do you actually use anbieten — “to offer” — in a real sentence? This page shows you: twelve example sentences across the tenses, a short dialogue, the mistakes learners make most often with this verb, and a quiz to test yourself. Every German form on this page comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for anbieten. Start with the simplest sentence: “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “I offer my guests a coffee.”
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for anbieten, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Anbieten in real sentences
Twelve sentences with anbieten, covering the present, the Präteritum, the Perfekt, the Plusquamperfekt, the future, Konjunktiv I and II, and the imperative. Say each one aloud, then cover the German and try to produce it from the English.
- “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “I offer my guests a coffee.”
- “Du bietest meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “You offer my guests a coffee.”
- “Er bietet meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “He offers my guests a coffee.”
- “Ich bot meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “I offered my guests a coffee.”
- “Wir boten meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “We offered my guests a coffee.”
- “Ich habe meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.” — “I have offered my guests a coffee.”
- “Du hast meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.” — “You have offered my guests a coffee.”
- “Ich hatte meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.” — “I had offered my guests a coffee.”
- “Wir werden meinen Gästen einen Kaffee anbieten.” — “We will offer my guests a coffee.”
- “Ich werde meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten haben.” — “I will have offered my guests a coffee.”
- “Es ist wichtig, dass ich meinen Gästen einen Kaffee anbiete.” — “It is important that I offer my guests a coffee.”
- “Ich böte meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “I would offer my guests a coffee if I could.”
- “Ich hätte meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.” — “I would have offered my guests a coffee if I had been able to.”
- “Biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an!” — “Offer my guests a coffee!”
A short dialogue with anbieten
Anna and Ben talk about their plans. Every form of anbieten in the dialogue comes from the verified tables — read it aloud, changing the person each time.
Anna: “Du bietest meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an?” — “You offer my guests a coffee?”
Ben: “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “I offer my guests a coffee.”
Anna: “Du hast meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten?” — “You have offered my guests a coffee?”
Ben: “Ich habe meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.” — “I have offered my guests a coffee.”
Anna: “Du wirst meinen Gästen einen Kaffee anbieten?” — “You will offer my guests a coffee?”
Ben: “Ich werde meinen Gästen einen Kaffee anbieten.” — “I will offer my guests a coffee.”
Anna: “Biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an!” — “Offer my guests a coffee!”
Ben: “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “I offer my guests a coffee.”
Notice how the verb changes with the person and the tense while the meaning stays the same: biete an, bietest an, habe angeboten, werde anbieten. If you can follow this dialogue without looking at the tables, you know anbieten well enough to use it.
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Ich anbieten meinen Gästen einen Kaffee.”
✓ Right: “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.”
The infinitive anbieten never takes a subject. After ich you need the conjugated present form biete an.
2. Confusing anbieten with angeben
✗ Wrong: “Ich angeben meinen Gästen einen Kaffee.” (using the wrong verb)
✓ Right: “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.”
anbieten means “to offer”; angeben means “to state”. Keep the two verbs apart by their meaning, not by their sound.
3. Forgetting to split the separable prefix
✗ Wrong: “Ich anbieten meinen Gästen einen Kaffee.” (prefix left attached to the stem)
✓ Right: “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.”
anbieten is separable: in finite forms the prefix an goes to the end of the clause — biete an — and the participle keeps it attached with ge- in between (angeboten).
4. Using the indicative after a Konjunktiv I trigger
✗ Wrong: “Es ist wichtig, dass er meinen Gästen einen Kaffee anbietet.”
✓ Right: “Es ist wichtig, dass er meinen Gästen einen Kaffee anbiete.”
After es ist wichtig, dass German needs Konjunktiv I, so use biete an here, not the indicative bietet an.
Quiz: test yourself
What is the ich form of anbieten in the Present (Präsens)?
- A) bieten an
- B) bietet an
- C) bietest an
- D) biete an
What is the er/sie/es form of anbieten in the Present (Präsens)?
- A) bietet an
- B) bieten an
- C) biete an
- D) bietest an
What is the du form of anbieten in the Preterite (Präteritum)?
- A) botest an
- B) boten an
- C) bot an
- D) botet an
What is the wir form of anbieten in the Perfect (Perfekt)?
- A) hat angeboten
- B) habt angeboten
- C) haben angeboten
- D) hast angeboten
What is the ich form of anbieten in the Future (Futur I)?
- A) werdet anbieten
- B) werde anbieten
- C) werden anbieten
- D) wirst anbieten
What is the du form of anbieten in the Konjunktiv II?
- A) bötest an
- B) bötet an
- C) böten an
- D) böte an
What is the ich form of anbieten in the Conditional perfect?
- A) hätten angeboten
- B) hätte angeboten
- C) hättet angeboten
- D) hättest angeboten
What is the past participle of anbieten?
- A) biete an
- B) anbietend
- C) angeboten
- D) bot an
What is the present participle of anbieten?
- A) angeboten
- B) werde anbieten
- C) biete an
- D) anbietend
What does anbieten mean in English?
- A) to do
- B) to offer
- C) to state
- D) to come
Answer key
- D) biete an — the ich form of anbieten in the present tense is biete an.
- A) bietet an — the er/sie/es form of anbieten in the present tense is bietet an.
- A) botest an — the du form of anbieten in the preterite is botest an.
- C) haben angeboten — the wir form of anbieten in the Perfekt is haben angeboten.
- B) werde anbieten — the ich form of anbieten in the Futur I is werde anbieten.
- A) bötest an — the du form of anbieten in the Konjunktiv II is bötest an.
- B) hätte angeboten — the ich form of anbieten in the conditional perfect is hätte angeboten.
- C) angeboten — the past participle of anbieten is angeboten; perfect tenses use haben + angeboten.
- D) anbietend — the present participle of anbieten is anbietend.
- B) to offer — anbieten means “to offer” in English.
Frequently asked questions
What does anbieten mean in English?
anbieten means “to offer”. The examples above show it in everyday situations — for example, “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” (“I offer my guests a coffee.”).
Is anbieten regular or irregular?
anbieten is irregular, and it is irregular in these tenses: present, preterite, past-participle, imperative. The full tables are on the conjugation page.
How do I use anbieten in the Perfekt?
Use haben + the past participle angeboten: “Ich habe meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.” — “I have offered my guests a coffee.” The full Perfekt table is on the anbieten in the Perfekt tense page.
Related pages
- anbieten conjugation — the full conjugation tables for this verb in every tense.
- anbieten in the Perfekt tense — the full table and uses for this verb in one tense.
- German verbs — the full hub of German conjugation pages.
- German irregular verbs — every common irregular German verb, grouped by pattern.
- Einladen conjugation — another German verb to practise with.
- Treffen conjugation — another German verb to practise with.
- Spanish verbs — the full hub of Spanish conjugation pages.
- French verbs — the full hub of French conjugation pages.
- Verb Conjugator — practise anbieten with the interactive tool.
- Verb Quiz — practise anbieten with the interactive tool.
- Perfect Tenses Builder — practise the perfect tenses with the interactive tool.
- VerbFlow home — back to the start.