Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb versuchen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb versuchen, 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 versuchte	I tried
du versuchtest	you tried
er versuchte	he tried
sie versuchte	she tried
wir versuchten	we tried
ihr versuchtet	you tried
sie versuchten	they tried

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