Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb schlafen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb schlafen, 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 schlief	I slept
du schliefst	you slept
er schlief	he slept
sie schlief	she slept
wir schliefen	we slept
ihr schlieft	you slept
sie schliefen	they slept

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