Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb essen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb essen, 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 aß	I ate
du aßt	you ate
er aß	he ate
sie aß	she ate
wir aßen	we ate
ihr aßt	you ate
sie aßen	they ate

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