Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb können

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb können, 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 konnte	I could
du konntest	you could
er konnte	he could
sie konnte	she could
wir konnten	we could
ihr konntet	you could
sie konnten	they could

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