Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb arbeiten

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb arbeiten, 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 arbeitete	I worked
du arbeitetest	you worked
er arbeitete	he worked
sie arbeitete	she worked
wir arbeiteten	we worked
ihr arbeitetet	you worked
sie arbeiteten	they worked

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