Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb erklären

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb erklären, 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 erklärte	I explained
du erklärtest	you explained
er erklärte	he explained
sie erklärte	she explained
wir erklärten	we explained
ihr erklärtet	you explained
sie erklärten	they explained

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