Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb hoffen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb hoffen, 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 hoffte	I hoped
du hofftest	you hoped
er hoffte	he hoped
sie hoffte	she hoped
wir hofften	we hoped
ihr hofftet	you hoped
sie hofften	they hoped

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