Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb brauchen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb brauchen, 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 brauchte	I needed
du brauchtest	you needed
er brauchte	he needed
sie brauchte	she needed
wir brauchten	we needed
ihr brauchtet	you needed
sie brauchten	they needed

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