Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb erzählen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb erzählen, 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 erzählte	I told
du erzähltest	you told
er erzählte	he told
sie erzählte	she told
wir erzählten	we told
ihr erzähltet	you told
sie erzählten	they told

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