Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb bestehen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb bestehen, 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 bestand	I existed
du bestandest	you existed
er bestand	he existed
sie bestand	she existed
ihr bestandet	you existed

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