Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb wollen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb wollen, 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 wollte	I wanted
du wolltest	you wanted
er wollte	he wanted
sie wollte	she wanted
wir wollten	we wanted
ihr wolltet	you wanted
sie wollten	they wanted

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