Headword
Language German · commercial temporary transfer · converse lemma mieten noted, not a page
Lessor, Lessee, Property, Price · Period open · German cloth · working claim, revisable
Voice[Lessor] + ApplHAVE(LesseeDAT ∨ an+ACC, ThemepropertyACC) + für-MeasurePPrice ⟨Amount, Denomination⟩ · Period unranked
A commercial rental, on this reading, has a Lessor, a Lessee, the Property, and a Price. A period of time may be named in the same clause. They are not four or five equal sisters of vermieten. Voice adds the Lessor. Low ApplHAVE introduces the Lessee and relates the Lessee to the property. The root’s object is that Theme, accusative. Where a source prints a sum, für holds one MeasureP whose inner arguments are Amount and Denomination. The Price is not a second accusative. Whether a Period is an argument or only an adjunct is open: no source checked here ranks it.
What is different from the English gloss. English rent is direction-neutral. The subject can be either party: rent the flat to Chris (the subject lets it) and rent the flat from Chris (the subject takes it). German splits that direction onto two lemmas. vermieten has the lessor as subject. mieten has the lessee as subject. Langenscheidt prints the split in one bracket, eine Wohnung mieten [vermieten]. Duden’s two definitions match it: vermieten is letting the use out, mieten is taking the use in. The lessor’s marking on mieten is the expected von+dative. Duden, the WDG text, and the Langenscheidt lines read here do not print that von. It stays open. This page does not open a mieten entry.
Duden, the WDG line that DWDS hosts, and Langenscheidt print the lessee and the property. They do not print lessor, lessee, property, and a für-sum in one clause. Langenscheidt’s price line is a werden-clause: the property is the subject, and für 800 Euro is the sum, with im Monat in the same clause and no lessee. The definitions name the payment as gegen Entgelt or gegen ein Entgelt, which is prose, not a für-phrase.
Printed lessee frame · dative or an+accusative · accusative property · no price in this line
✓ jemandem (oder an jemanden) etwas vermieten Langenscheidt · German–English · vermieten
to someone · (or to someone) · something · rent out
Printed price line · werden · property as subject · für + a sum · im Monat in the same clause · no lessee
✓ die Wohnung wird für 800 Euro im Monat vermietet Langenscheidt · German–English · vermieten
the apartment · is · for 800 euros · a month · rented out
| Place | Introduced by (working) | German marking | Case status | English marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lessor | Spec,Voice (outer) | subject of vermieten | structural · the active subject the definitions give to the one who lets the use out | subject of rent … to · not the subject of rent … from |
| Lessee | low ApplHAVE, two printed cloths | dative (jemandem, jmdm.) · an + accusative (an jemanden, an Studenten) | structural dative, or oblique an · not a second accusative · the two cloths are alternatives, not two lessees | to when the subject is the lessor |
| Property | complement of √RENT- (Theme of eHAVE) | accusative (eine Wohnung, ein Zimmer, einen Wagen, etwas) | structural · the object werden promotes | direct object |
| Price | für selects one MeasureP ⟨n, U⟩ where a sum is printed | für 800 Euro · für 350.000 Euro · definition prose is gegen (ein) Entgelt | oblique when the sum is printed · one phrase · gegen is not that phrase and is not a second theme | for + MeasureP |
| Period | unranked | im Monat beside the Langenscheidt sum · pro Jahr in the DWDS villa line · auf drei Monate in the 1907 line · Duden’s definition says für eine bestimmte Zeit | printed as a time expression · argument versus adjunct unprinted · not given a seat in the formula | a month / for a period · same open status |
Marking map. One letter can belong to several heads. Read the head, then the marker.
Each row lines up one English slot with its German slot. The alignment type says what happens to the slot: = (same status), shift (structural ↔ oblique), or a lexical split of the subject’s direction. Printed dictionary lines come first. Every other German sentence is constructed, modelled on a printed line. They show the working alignment, not frequency, and not a bilingual corpus.
| Slot | EN form | DE form | Align | EN example | DE example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lessor as subject | SUBJ of rent … to | subject of vermieten | = for this direction only | She rents the apartment out to someone. constructed EN gloss of the Langenscheidt frame | jemandem (oder an jemanden) etwas vermieten Langenscheidt |
| Lessee as subject | SUBJ of rent … from | not a subject of vermieten · subject of converse mieten | lexical split · one English verb, two German lemmas | Pat rented a flat from Chris. constructed | eine Wohnung mieten [vermieten] Langenscheidt · the bracket is the entry’s · von+DAT lessor unprinted |
| Property | OBJ | accusative | = | rent someone an apartment constructed gloss | jemandem, an jemanden eine Wohnung vermieten Duden |
| Lessee (dative) | to + DP | dative | shift · to-phrase → dative | rent something out to someone constructed gloss | jemandem … etwas Langenscheidt · jmdm. ein Zimmer WDG |
| Lessee (an) | to + DP | an + ACC | = oblique | rented to students constructed gloss | an jemanden Duden · Langenscheidt · an Studenten vermietet DWDS usage |
| Price | for + MeasureP | für + MeasureP when a sum is printed | = oblique · definition gegen is prose, not this phrase | for 800 euros a month constructed gloss | für 800 Euro Langenscheidt · für 350.000 Euro DWDS usage |
| Period | time expression · status open | im Monat · pro Jahr · auf drei Monate | printed · argument vs adjunct open | a month gloss | im Monat Langenscheidt · pro Jahr · auf drei Monate DWDS usage |
| Passive of the property | the property as subject | werden · property as subject | = promotion of the accusative | The apartment is rented out for 800 euros a month. constructed gloss | die Wohnung wird für 800 Euro im Monat vermietet Langenscheidt · Vermietet wurde die Villa … DWDS usage |
| Passive of the lessee | unasserted for English rent | lessee as subject, property still accusative | unprinted · bad only as the sell · German parallel | — | * Wurde Chris einen Wagen vermietet? constructed · sell-de parallel · not a dictionary line |
The strip below is a set of small multiples. Each card holds one frame, with English on top and German under it. The subject chip is the one that moves in English and stays the lessor on vermieten. The price card stays inside for / für where a sum is printed.
EN · DE · printed lessee
to rent something out to someone
jemandem (oder an jemanden) etwas vermieten
DE · Langenscheidt · the oder is the entry’s · no price in this line · EN gloss constructed from that line
Shift to → dative, or to → an
EN · DE · printed für
The apartment is rented out for 800 euros a month.
die Wohnung wird für 800 Euro im Monat vermietet
DE · Langenscheidt · werden promotes the property · im Monat is printed and unranked · EN gloss constructed
= for ↔ für · one MeasureP
EN · DE · direction
to rent an apartment / to rent an apartment out
eine Wohnung mieten [vermieten]
DE · Langenscheidt · one English verb, two lemmas · the lessor on mieten is unprinted
Move English subject is either party · German chooses the lemma
EN · DE · passive of the lessee
—
* Wurde Chris einen Wagen vermietet?
DE constructed · starred · the sell-de parallel · sources checked here do not print it
Move werden promotes the property · this promotion is the sell-de limit
Argument difference. English rent does not choose which party is the subject. Pat rented the flat to Chris and Chris rented the flat from Pat are the same verb with the direction in to or from. German does not keep that choice inside one lemma. vermieten fixes the lessor as subject and the lessee as a dative or an an-phrase. mieten fixes the lessee as subject. The property is the accusative on both lemmas in the lines printed here. werden on vermieten promotes that property. A passive that makes the lessee the subject and leaves the property accusative is not a frame in the dictionaries checked, and the verkaufen page keeps the matching promotion bad. Neighbouring lemmas, one line only: Duden and Langenscheidt list verpachten among the synonyms of vermieten; Duden lists pachten and leihen among the synonyms of mieten. verleihen is unprinted in the entries checked. None of those lemmas is given a frame, and none is given a page.
Dictionary frames and lines · checked · quoted as printed
(den Gebrauch, die Benutzung von etwas, besonders Wohnungen) einem anderen für eine bestimmte Zeit gegen ein (vertraglich) festgesetztes Entgelt überlassen Duden online · the definition · für eine bestimmte Zeit is inside the definition, not an example slot · gegen ein Entgelt is prose, not a für-sum
Autos, Boote, sein Haus vermieten · Zimmer [mit Frühstück] zu vermieten! · jemandem, an jemanden eine Wohnung vermieten · 〈auch ohne Akkusativ-Objekt:〉 sie wollen nicht vermieten Duden online · brackets are Duden’s · the comma joins the dative and an+accusative as alternatives
jmdm. etw., bes. Wohnraum, gegen Entgelt zum Gebrauch überlassen · jmdm. ein Zimmer, eine Wohnung, einen Wagen vermieten DWDS · WDG text · dative + accusative · gegen Entgelt is the definition · no für-sum in this line
jemandem (oder an jemanden) etwas vermieten · die Wohnung wird für 800 Euro im Monat vermietet · sie vermietet an Urlauber · Zimmer zu vermieten! · eine Wohnung mieten [vermieten] Langenscheidt German–English · editorial examples · the bracket and the oder are the entry’s · external example sentences on that page are marked there as unchecked and are not quoted here
✓ Vermietet wurde die Villa gerade mal für 350.000 Euro pro Jahr. DWDS usage · Die Zeit, 30.01.2012 · werden promotes the villa · für 350.000 Euro is one sum · pro Jahr is in the same clause · no lessee
✓ Sie hatte stets an Studenten vermietet. DWDS usage · Else Ury, Nesthäkchen fliegt aus dem Nest, as DWDS prints the line · an+accusative · no property and no price in this sentence
✓ Die möblierten Zimmer würden höchstens auf drei Monate, häufig noch auf kürzere Zeit vermietet. DWDS usage · Berliner Tageblatt, 05.03.1907 · the rooms are the property · auf drei Monate is a time expression · argument versus adjunct unprinted
Grammar line: vermietet, vermietete, hat vermietet. Duden · DWDS Weak verb. The participle is vermietet. ver- stays on the stem. There is no ge- outside that prefix. Converse mieten is a different participle: mietet, mietete, hat gemietet. Duden
(besonders von Wohnungen o. Ä.) gegen Bezahlung (das Eigentum eines anderen) in Benutzung nehmen · eine Wohnung mieten · [sich] ein Haus, eine Wohnung, ein Boot, ein Auto, ein Klavier mieten Duden · mieten sense 1 · the subject takes the use · no von-phrase in the examples
Strings below are constructed, modelled on the printed lines. They are not spontaneous-speech citations and not dictionary lines. Pat / Chris / Wohnung continue the named-participant series on verkaufen. A name does not spell dative. einem Kollegen does. 800 Euro follows the Langenscheidt sum. Stacking a lessee with that sum is not one printed line.
✓ Pat hat einem Kollegen die Wohnung für 800 Euro vermietet.
constructed · dative modelled on Duden’s jemandem and WDG’s jmdm. · the sum is the Langenscheidt für-cloth · the combination is not one dictionary line
✓ Pat hat die Wohnung für 800 Euro an Chris vermietet.
constructed · an+accusative modelled on Duden and on Langenscheidt · the price is a different printed line
✓ Die Wohnung wird für 800 Euro im Monat vermietet.
Langenscheidt · werden promotes the property · im Monat stays unranked
✓ Chris hat eine Wohnung gemietet.
constructed · converse lemma only · modelled on Duden’s eine Wohnung mieten · no lessor · von+dative is unprinted and is not added here
* Wurde Chris einen Wagen vermietet?
constructed · the promotion verkaufen keeps bad · lessee as subject, property still accusative · not printed for vermieten
* Pat hat den Kollegen die Wohnung vermietet.
constructed · two accusatives · the printed bare lessee is jemandem, not jemanden, unless it is inside an
* Pat hat 800 Euro die Wohnung vermietet.
constructed · the printed sum is inside für · it is not a second accusative
V2 and the passive are operations on the same places. They do not add a participant.
One prefield. The finite verb is in C: vermietet, hat, wird. Exactly one phrase sits in front of it. A paradigm of those orders is not printed in the entries checked here. Order is not starred.
ver- does not split. Present 3sg is vermietet. Perfekt is hat … vermietet. ver- stays on the stem. There is no right-edge particle ver. This is the same inseparability as ver- on verkaufen, not the separable ab of abbuchen.
werden promotes the property. Langenscheidt: die Wohnung wird für 800 Euro im Monat vermietet. DWDS: Vermietet wurde die Villa gerade mal für 350.000 Euro pro Jahr and Die möblierten Zimmer würden … vermietet. The subject in each of these is the property, not the lessee. A werden-passive that keeps a dative lessee beside a nominative property-subject is unprinted in the lines checked. It is not given a judgment on this page. What the verkaufen analysis keeps bad, and what stays the working limit here, is the other promotion: the lessee as subject, the property still accusative, *Wurde Chris einen Wagen vermietet? The sources checked for vermieten do not print that string. The star is the sell-de parallel, not a new dictionary fact.
bekommen is unprinted. No bekommen sentence with vermieten is in the entries checked. None is constructed. On verkaufen the same passive is unprinted and unconstructed.
wofür. It is not in the dictionary entries checked. The constructed question resumes the whole für-MeasureP, as on verkaufen. It does not resume Euro minus 800, and it does not resume the apartment. V2 and this pronoun are not a further argument.
Each sketch is a working drawing, not a locked analysis. The point of the drawing is one accusative (the property), a lessee that is dative or an, and a price inside für where a sum is printed. The English subject is not fixed to the lessor. Open one sketch at a time. Which theta role is the object in this low ApplHAVE domain is the revisable note Causative templates and argument selection. This page does not edit that note.
Constructed · hat in C · the lessor is the external argument of vermieten
[CP Pat_1
[C' hat
[TP t_1
[VoiceP t_1 Voice ← Lessor = Spec,Voice
… inner layers … ]
T ]]]
✓ Pat hat einem Kollegen die Wohnung für 800 Euro vermietet. constructed
On vermieten the external argument is the lessor, the one who lets the use out. On converse mieten the external argument is the lessee. English rent allows either external argument and puts the direction in to or from. ver- is lemma morphology inside the verb, not a phrase in the prefield.
One lessee · two printed cloths · not two lessees
[VoiceP Pat Voice
[ApplP_LOW [einem Kollegen]_DAT Appl_HAVE ← Lessee · HAVE the use of the property
[VP √vermiet-
[Theme die Wohnung ]_ACC ] ← Property · one accusative
[PP für [ MeasureP 800 Euro ]]]] ← Price · where a sum is printed
The other printed numeration replaces the dative with an + accusative. Duden and Langenscheidt print both and do not stack them as two lessees. The tree adds the Langenscheidt price to the dative. That addition is constructed. It is not one dictionary line.
✓ jemandem, an jemanden eine Wohnung vermieten Duden · one lessee, two cloths · no price
* Pat hat den Kollegen die Wohnung vermietet. constructed · the lessee is not a second accusative
One Price phrase when a sum is printed · the period is not ranked inside it
für [ MeasureP [ Amount 800 ] [ N Euro ] ] im Monat ← printed beside that phrase · argument vs adjunct open pro Jahr ← printed beside für 350.000 Euro · same open status
✓ für 800 Euro Langenscheidt · one phrase
✓ für 350.000 Euro DWDS usage · one phrase
[TP [Theme die Wohnung ]_2
[ wird
[VoiceP_PASS
[VP t_2 vermietet
[PP für [ MeasureP 800 Euro ]] ]
werden ]]]
✓ die Wohnung wird für 800 Euro im Monat vermietet Langenscheidt · the promotee is the property · the MeasureP stays in für
* Wurde Chris einen Wagen vermietet? constructed · sell-de parallel · the lessee is not the promotee · einen would be the property left accusative
800 Euro = one MeasureP. n and U compose inside that phrase. Orthography is not extra arity. There is no further argument “currency name.” Composition in this cloth is für(MeasureP), not V(n)(U). im Monat and pro Jahr are printed next to such a phrase. They are not given a second MeasureP, and they are not classified as an argument or as an adjunct.
Two directions of one English verb · working · no English rent page is opened
[VoiceP Pat Voice ← Lessor
[ApplP_LOW Chris Appl_HAVE ← Lessee
[VP √RENT
[Theme the flat ]
[PP for [ MeasureP 800 euros ]]]]] ← rent the flat to Chris
[VoiceP Chris Voice ← Lessee
[VP √RENT
[Theme the flat ]
[PP from Pat ]]] ← rent the flat from Pat
· German: mieten, not vermieten
English keeps both directions on rent. German prints them as vermieten and mieten. The lessor’s von+dative on mieten is the expected cloth and is unprinted in the entries checked. The Price, when a sum is printed, stays inside for / für.
| Layer | rent (EN) · no page | vermieten | mieten · converse, no page | verkaufen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec,Voice | lessor or lessee | Lessor | Lessee · printed | Seller |
| other party | to or from | dative, or an+ACC · HAS the use | von+DAT expected · unprinted | dative, or an+ACC · HAS the goods |
| accusative | the property | the property | the property · printed | the goods |
| für / for | Price · MeasureP | Price · MeasureP where a sum is printed | unprinted as a sum in the lines read | Price · MeasureP |
| werden | the property can be the subject | promotes the property · lessee-as-subject with accusative property is the sell-de limit | unopened | promotes the goods · buyer-as-subject with accusative goods stays bad |
On vermieten, the colleague comes to HAVE the use of the apartment, and eight hundred euros measures the price where that sum is in für. On bezahlen, the accusative is the money and für is Consideration. On verkaufen, the accusative is the goods and the transfer is not this temporary letting. Same für-cloth, different Theme.
Working paper · October 2026 · German micro-entry · Beyond Index 2
Commercial temporary transfer in German: the lessor lets property to a lessee. Lessor (Voice, subject of vermieten), Lessee (dative, or an + accusative), Property (accusative Theme), and Price (für + one MeasureP where a sum is printed). A period is printed and is not ranked as an argument or as an adjunct. English rent is direction-neutral. German splits the direction: vermieten versus mieten. von+dative on mieten is unprinted in the entries checked. werden promotes the property.
Not a flat grid of four sisters. A flat grid would give the verb two accusatives, or a price that is a second object, or one lemma whose subject is either party. vermieten shows one accusative, the property, a lessee in the dative or in an, and a price in für where a sum is printed. The other direction is a different lemma.
800 Euro = one MeasureP. See the MeasureP sketch. Langenscheidt’s für 800 Euro and the DWDS villa line’s für 350.000 Euro are that one phrase. im Monat and pro Jahr sit beside it. They are not a second price.
What German changes, against the English gloss, is the subject’s direction. What the printed cloth shares with verkaufen is one accusative Theme, a dative or an-phrase for the other person, and für on a sum. The Theme here is the property let for a time. The Theme there is the goods.
In the constructed Pat hat einem Kollegen die Wohnung für 800 Euro vermietet, the colleague comes to HAVE the use of the apartment. The price measures that letting. It is not the object that is transferred.
Dictionary frames: Duden online vermieten and mieten; DWDS vermieten (the WDG text and the usage lines named below); Langenscheidt German–English vermieten and mieten, editorial examples only. Barron’s 501 German Verbs was not accessible; nothing is cited from it. Constructed clauses stack a printed lessee cloth with a printed für-sum, or they show the converse lemma without adding an unprinted von. The lessee-subject passive is the working limit already stated for the buyer on verkaufen. Index 2 does not list vermieten. German Transfer in Index 2 is tauschen; geben.
Records the lessor subject of vermieten, the dative or an lessee, the accusative property, and für as the price where a sum is printed. Records the direction split against English rent. Does not open mieten.