Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb sterben

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb sterben, 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 starb	I died
du starbst	you died
er starb	he died
sie starb	she died
wir starben	we died
ihr starbt	you died
sie starben	they died

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