The idea
Present tense: ich miete, du mietest, er/sie/es mietet, wir mieten, ihr mietet, sie/Sie mieten. Learn the sentence pattern etwas von jemandem mieten together with the principal parts.
| Form | Deutsch |
|---|---|
| ich | miete |
| du | mietest |
| er/sie/es | mietet |
| wir | mieten |
| ihr | mietet |
| sie/Sie | mieten |
| Präteritum | mietete |
| Perfekt | hat gemietet |
| Imperativ (du) | Miete! |
| Muster | etwas von jemandem mieten |
Meaning and sentence pattern
Mieten describes paying to use someone else's property. Vermieten describes the owner's side of the same arrangement.
Learn this pattern as a unit: etwas von jemandem mieten. The six situations below show the verb with concrete objects, complements or circumstances.
Form check
Die Eigentümerin mietet mir ihre Wohnung.Die Eigentümerin vermietet mir ihre Wohnung.Mieten is the tenant's action; offering property to a tenant is vermieten.
Examples
- Ich miete für den Umzug einen kleinen Transporter.I rent a small van for the move.
- Du mietest das Zimmer direkt bei der Eigentümerin.You rent the room directly from the owner.
- Die Gruppe mietet einen Saal für die Probe.The group rents a hall for rehearsal.
- Wir mieteten im Urlaub zwei Fahrräder.We rented two bicycles on holiday.
- Sie hat ein Büro in der Nähe des Bahnhofs gemietet.She has rented an office near the station.
- Miete lieber ein Fahrzeug mit genug Ladefläche.Rent a vehicle with enough loading space.
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Watch out
Mieten is the tenant's action; offering property to a tenant is vermieten.
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du ___ (mieten, Präsens)
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mietest
mietest: this is the second-person singular present form.
er/sie ___ (mieten, Präteritum)
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mietete
mietete: this is the third-person singular simple past.
Perfekt: er/sie hat ___
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gemietet
gemietet: in this use the perfect tense is hat gemietet.
Practice round
Answer three questions, then rebuild three German sentences. We keep your score.
du ___ (mieten, Präsens)
er/sie ___ (mieten, Präteritum)
Perfekt: er/sie hat ___
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Read the six situations aloud, compare the verb forms, and complete the present, past and participle checks. Then write a new sentence that follows etwas von jemandem mieten.