Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb erraten

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb erraten, 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 erriet	I guessed
du errietest	you guessed
er erriet	he guessed
sie erriet	she guessed
wir errieten	we guessed
ihr errietet	you guessed
sie errieten	they guessed

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