Past of the German verb dürfen

The past tense conjugations for the German verb dürfen, 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 durfte	I was allowed to
du durftest	you were allowed to
er durfte	he was allowed to
sie durfte	she was allowed to
wir durften	we were allowed to
ihr durftet	you were allowed to
sie durften	they were allowed to

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