Past of the German verb kennen

The past tense conjugations for the German verb kennen, 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 kannte	I was acquainted with
du kanntest	you were acquainted with
er kannte	he was acquainted with
sie kannte	she was acquainted with
wir kannten	we were acquainted with
ihr kanntet	you were acquainted with
sie kannten	they were acquainted with

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