Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb weinen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb weinen, 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 weinte	I cried
du weintest	you cried
er weinte	he cried
sie weinte	she cried
wir weinten	we cried
ihr weintet	you cried
sie weinten	they cried

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