Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb bauen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb bauen, along with their English translations.

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich baute	I built
du bautest	you built
er baute	he built
sie baute	she built
wir bauten	we built
ihr bautet	you built
sie bauten	they built

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