Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb raten

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb raten, 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 riet	I guessed
du rietest	you guessed
er riet	he guessed
sie riet	she guessed
wir rieten	we guessed
ihr rietet	you guessed
sie rieten	they guessed

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