Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb sein

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb sein, 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 war	I was
du warst	you were
er war	he was
sie war	she was
wir waren	we were
ihr wart	you were
sie waren	they were

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