Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb verstehen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb verstehen, 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 verstand	I understood
du verstandest	you understood
er verstand	he understood
sie verstand	she understood
wir verstehen	we understood
ihr verstandet	you understood
sie verstehen	they understood

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