Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb erkennen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb erkennen, 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 erkannte	I recognized
du erkanntest	you recognized
er erkannte	he recognized
sie erkannte	she recognized
wir erkannten	we recognized
ihr erkanntet	you recognized
sie erkannten	they recognized

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