Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb meinen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb meinen, 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 meinte	I meant
du meintest	you meant
er meinte	he meant
sie meinte	she meant
wir meinten	we meant
ihr meintet	you meant
sie meinten	they meant

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