Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb behalten

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb behalten, 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 behielt	I kept
du behieltest	you kept
er behielt	he kept
sie behielt	she kept
wir behielten	we kept
ihr behieltet	you kept
sie behielten	they kept

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