Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb laufen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb laufen, 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 lief	I ran
du liefst	you ran
er lief	he ran
sie lief	she ran
wir liefen	we ran
ihr lieft	you ran
sie liefen	they ran

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