Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb rufen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb rufen, 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 rief	I called
du riefst	you called
er rief	he called
sie rief	she called
wir riefen	we called
ihr rieft	you called
sie riefen	they called

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