Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb suchen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb suchen, 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 suchte	I searched
du suchtest	you searched
er suchte	he searched
sie suchte	she searched
wir suchten	we searched
ihr suchtet	you searched
sie suchten	they searched

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