Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb beten

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb beten, 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 betete	I prayed
du betetest	you prayed
er betete	he prayed
sie betete	she prayed
wir beteten	we prayed
ihr betetet	you prayed
sie beteten	they prayed

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