Anbieten Conjugation in German
anbieten means “to offer” in English, and it is a verb German learners meet early and use often. This page gives you the complete conjugation of anbieten — every tense, every person, the participles and the infinitive — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “I offer my guests a coffee.” Learning the forms on this page first, before you try to use the verb in conversation, saves you from guessing later: German endings change with the person and the tense, and anbieten is no exception. Work through the tables one tense at a time, say each form aloud, and then test yourself with the quiz at the end.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: anbieten
- English: to offer
- Verb type: Strong separable verb
- Irregular in: present, preterite, past-participle, imperative
- Present participle (Partizip I): anbietend
- Past participle (Partizip II): angeboten
- Auxiliary: haben (all perfect tenses are formed with haben + the past participle)
- Separable prefix: an — the prefix splits off in finite forms (for example, biete an) and takes ge- between prefix and stem in the past participle (angeboten).
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 is a strong verb: its preterite (bot an) and its past participle (angeboten) do not follow the weak -te pattern, so learn them as a set. The present tense itself keeps the plain stem in every person.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for anbieten. Learn the present tense first, then the Perfekt and the Präteritum, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.
Present (Präsens)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | biete an |
| du | bietest an |
| er/sie/es | bietet an |
| wir | bieten an |
| ihr | bietet an |
| sie/Sie | bieten an |
Preterite (Präteritum)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | bot an |
| du | botest an |
| er/sie/es | bot an |
| wir | boten an |
| ihr | botet an |
| sie/Sie | boten an |
Perfect (Perfekt)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | habe angeboten |
| du | hast angeboten |
| er/sie/es | hat angeboten |
| wir | haben angeboten |
| ihr | habt angeboten |
| sie/Sie | haben angeboten |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | hatte angeboten |
| du | hattest angeboten |
| er/sie/es | hatte angeboten |
| wir | hatten angeboten |
| ihr | hattet angeboten |
| sie/Sie | hatten angeboten |
Future (Futur I)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | werde anbieten |
| du | wirst anbieten |
| er/sie/es | wird anbieten |
| wir | werden anbieten |
| ihr | werdet anbieten |
| sie/Sie | werden anbieten |
Future perfect (Futur II)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | werde angeboten haben |
| du | wirst angeboten haben |
| er/sie/es | wird angeboten haben |
| wir | werden angeboten haben |
| ihr | werdet angeboten haben |
| sie/Sie | werden angeboten haben |
Konjunktiv I
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | biete an |
| du | bietest an |
| er/sie/es | biete an |
| wir | bieten an |
| ihr | bietet an |
| sie/Sie | bieten an |
Konjunktiv II
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | böte an |
| du | bötest an |
| er/sie/es | böte an |
| wir | böten an |
| ihr | bötet an |
| sie/Sie | böten an |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| ich | hätte angeboten |
| du | hättest angeboten |
| er/sie/es | hätte angeboten |
| wir | hätten angeboten |
| ihr | hättet angeboten |
| sie/Sie | hätten angeboten |
Imperative (Imperativ)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| du | biete an |
| wir | anbieten |
| ihr | bietet an |
| sie/Sie | anbieten |
Participles and infinitive
| Form | German |
|---|---|
| Present participle (Partizip I) | anbietend |
| Past participle (Partizip II) | angeboten |
| Infinitive | anbieten |
When to use each tense
Present (Präsens)
The present tense is used for habits, facts and things happening now. With anbieten this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “I offer my guests a coffee.”
Preterite (Präteritum)
The preterite is used for completed actions in the past, especially in writing and narration. With anbieten this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Du botest meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “You offered my guests a coffee.”
Perfect (Perfekt)
The Perfekt is used for completed actions in the past, especially in spoken German. With anbieten it is formed with haben + the past participle angeboten. For example: “Er hat meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.” — “He has offered my guests a coffee.”
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt)
The Plusquamperfekt is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Wir hatten meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.” — “We had offered my guests a coffee.”
Future (Futur I)
The Futur I is used for what will happen, predictions and promises. For example: “Ihr werdet meinen Gästen einen Kaffee anbieten.” — “You will offer my guests a coffee.”
Future perfect (Futur II)
The Futur II is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Sie werden meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten haben.” — “They will have offered my guests a coffee.”
Konjunktiv I
The Konjunktiv I is used for reported speech and indirect quotation. For example: “Es ist wichtig, dass ich meinen Gästen einen Kaffee anbiete.” — “It is important that I offer my guests a coffee.”
Konjunktiv II
The Konjunktiv II is used for wishes, polite requests and hypothetical situations — it also doubles as the conditional. There is no separate würde tense in the tables: the Konjunktiv II forms below do the work of the conditional, and würde + infinitive is the periphrastic alternative you will hear in speech. For example: “Du bötest meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “You would offer my guests a coffee if you could.”
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Er hätte meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.” — “He would have offered my guests a coffee if he had been able to.”
Imperative (Imperativ)
The imperative is used for direct commands and instructions. With anbieten this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an!” — “Offer my guests a coffee!”
Participles and infinitive
The present participle is anbietend — “while offering” — used as an adjective or adverb. The past participle is angeboten, used with haben for the perfect tenses, as in habe angeboten. The infinitive is anbieten.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with anbieten, covering different tenses and persons. 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 bot meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “He offered my guests a coffee.”
- “Ich habe meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.” — “I have offered my guests a coffee.”
- “Er hatte meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.” — “He 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.”
- “Biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an!” — “Offer my guests a coffee!”
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 — not next to the stem.
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.
5. Using the present for a finished past event
✗ Wrong: “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.”
✓ Right: “Ich habe meinen Gästen einen Kaffee angeboten.”
Yesterday’s finished event needs the Perfekt (habe angeboten), not the present.
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 ich form of anbieten in the Preterite (Präteritum)?
- A) boten an
- B) bot an
- C) botest an
- D) botet an
What is the ich form of anbieten in the Perfect (Perfekt)?
- A) habe angeboten
- B) habt angeboten
- C) hat angeboten
- D) hast angeboten
What is the wir form of anbieten in the Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt)?
- A) hattet angeboten
- B) hatte angeboten
- C) hattest angeboten
- D) hatten angeboten
What is the du form of anbieten in the Future (Futur I)?
- A) wird anbieten
- B) werden anbieten
- C) werdet anbieten
- D) wirst anbieten
What is the ich form of anbieten in the Future perfect (Futur II)?
- A) werde angeboten haben
- B) wirst angeboten haben
- C) wird angeboten haben
- D) werdet angeboten haben
What is the ich form of anbieten in the Konjunktiv II?
- A) böten an
- B) bötet an
- C) böte an
- D) bötest an
What is the past participle of anbieten?
- A) bot an
- B) biete an
- C) anbietend
- D) angeboten
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.
- B) bot an — the ich form of anbieten in the preterite is bot an.
- A) habe angeboten — the ich form of anbieten in the Perfekt is habe angeboten.
- D) hatten angeboten — the wir form of anbieten in the Plusquamperfekt is hatten angeboten.
- D) wirst anbieten — the du form of anbieten in the Futur I is wirst anbieten.
- A) werde angeboten haben — the ich form of anbieten in the Futur II is werde angeboten haben.
- C) böte an — the ich form of anbieten in the Konjunktiv II is böte an.
- D) angeboten — the past participle of anbieten is angeboten; perfect tenses use haben + angeboten.
- B) to offer — anbieten means “to offer” in English.
Frequently asked questions
What does anbieten mean in English?
anbieten means “to offer”. You use it in everyday situations like the examples on this page — for example, “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” (“I offer my guests a coffee.”). It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is anbieten regular or irregular?
anbieten is irregular, and it is irregular in these tenses: present, preterite, past-participle, imperative. The present participle is anbietend and the past participle is angeboten.
What are the participles of anbieten?
The present participle is anbietend and the past participle is angeboten — use it with haben for the perfect tenses, as in habe angeboten.
What is the difference between anbieten and angeben?
anbieten means “to offer”, while angeben means “to state”. They are easy to mix up because they appear in similar situations, but their meanings are different. If you are unsure, check the full conjugation page for angeben and compare the meanings in context.
How do I say “I offer” in German?
Say “Ich biete meinen Gästen einen Kaffee an.” — “I offer my guests a coffee.” The ich form of the present is biete an, and it is the form you will use most often.
How to learn anbieten
Start with the present tense: biete an, bietest an, bietet an, bieten an, bietet an, bieten an. Say them in order every day for a week, then add the Perfekt — habe angeboten — and the Präteritum — bot an. Next, learn the future (werde anbieten) and the Konjunktiv II (böte an), which also does the work of the conditional. Finally, tackle Konjunktiv I (biete an) and the imperative (biete an). Write one sentence of your own in each tense, using the examples above as models, and check every form against the tables. When you can produce all six persons of the present without looking, move on to the quiz.
Related pages
- anbieten in the Perfekt tense — the full table and uses for this verb in the Perfekt tense.
- anbieten examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice questions for this verb.
- 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.