Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb wissen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb wissen, 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 wusste	I knew
du wusstest	you knew
er wusste	he knew
sie wusste	she knew
wir wussten	we knew
ihr wusstet	you knew
sie wussten	they knew

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