Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb lieben

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb lieben, 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 liebte	I loved
du liebtest	you loved
er liebte	he loved
sie liebte	she loved
wir liebten	we loved
ihr liebtet	you loved
sie liebten	they loved

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