German reference

betreffen

to concern, affect

Stem change · 13 form tables

Includes indicative, subjunctive I and II, and imperative forms. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.

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Indicative

Present

betreffen: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI affect someone
duyou affect someone
er/sie/eshe/she/it affects someone
wirwe affect someone
ihryou (plural) affect someone
sie/Siethey affect someone; you (formal) affect someone

Simple past

betreffen: Simple past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI affected someone
duyou affected someone
er/sie/eshe/she/it affected someone
wirwe affected someone
ihryou (plural) affected someone
sie/Siethey affected someone; you (formal) affected someone

Compound past

betreffen: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI affected someone; I have affected someone
duyou affected someone; you have affected someone
er/sie/eshe/she/it affected someone; he/she/it has affected someone
wirwe affected someone; we have affected someone
ihryou (plural) affected someone; you (plural) have affected someone
sie/Siethey affected someone; they have affected someone; you (formal) affected someone; you (formal) have affected someone

Past perfect

betreffen: Past perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI had affected someone
duyou had affected someone
er/sie/eshe/she/it had affected someone
wirwe had affected someone
ihryou (plural) had affected someone
sie/Siethey had affected someone; you (formal) had affected someone

Future

betreffen: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI will affect someone
duyou will affect someone
er/sie/eshe/she/it will affect someone
wirwe will affect someone
ihryou (plural) will affect someone
sie/Siethey will affect someone; you (formal) will affect someone

Future perfect

betreffen: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI will have affected someone
duyou will have affected someone
er/sie/eshe/she/it will have affected someone
wirwe will have affected someone
ihryou (plural) will have affected someone
sie/Siethey will have affected someone; you (formal) will have affected someone

Subjunctive

Subjunctive I

betreffen: Subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(that) I affect someone
du(that) you affect someone
er/sie/es(that) he/she/it affects someone
wir(that) we affect someone
ihr(that) you (plural) affect someone
sie/Sie(that) they affect someone; (that) you (formal) affect someone

Subjunctive II

betreffen: Subjunctive II
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would affect someone
duyou would affect someone
er/sie/eshe/she/it would affect someone
wirwe would affect someone
ihryou (plural) would affect someone
sie/Siethey would affect someone; you (formal) would affect someone

Past subjunctive II

betreffen: Past subjunctive II
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would have affected someone
duyou would have affected someone
er/sie/eshe/she/it would have affected someone
wirwe would have affected someone
ihryou (plural) would have affected someone
sie/Siethey would have affected someone; you (formal) would have affected someone

Would form

betreffen: Would form
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would affect someone
duyou would affect someone
er/sie/eshe/she/it would affect someone
wirwe would affect someone
ihryou (plural) would affect someone
sie/Siethey would affect someone; you (formal) would affect someone

Past subjunctive I

betreffen: Past subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(reportedly) I have affected someone
du(reportedly) you have affected someone
er/sie/es(reportedly) he/she/it has affected someone
wir(reportedly) we have affected someone
ihr(reportedly) you (plural) have affected someone
sie/Sie(reportedly) they have affected someone; (reportedly) you (formal) have affected someone

Future subjunctive I

betreffen: Future subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(reportedly) I will affect someone
du(reportedly) you will affect someone
er/sie/es(reportedly) he/she/it will affect someone
wir(reportedly) we will affect someone
ihr(reportedly) you (plural) will affect someone
sie/Sie(reportedly) they will affect someone; (reportedly) you (formal) will affect someone

Imperative

Imperative

betreffen: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
duaffect someone!
ihraffect someone! (plural)
sie/Sieaffect someone! (formal)

Additional forms

Infinitive with zu
Present participle
Past participle
Past infinitive

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