Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb lernen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb lernen, 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 lernte	I learnt
du lerntest	you learnt
er lernte	he learnt
sie lernte	she learnt
wir lernten	we learnt
ihr lerntet	you learnt
sie lernten	they learnt

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