distinction between preterite (Präteritum) and perfect (Perfekt). (Older grammar books sometimes use Imperfekt instead of Präteritum, a borrowing from Latin...

direct conjugation of the verb: Present – Präsens Preterite – Imperfekt or Präteritum Imperative – Imperativ Perfect – Perfekt (past participle, does not vary...

Präteritum ("ich ging") can be substituted with the perfect ("ich bin gegangen") to a certain degree. Nevertheless, the use of neither the Präteritum...

168-178 Euler (2013): p. 170-173 Meid, Wolfgang (1971). "Das germanische Präteritum", Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, p. 13; Euler, Wolfram/Badenheuer...

tense (to contrast with the Perfekt or compound past form), but the term Präteritum (preterite) is now preferred, since the form does not carry any implication...

combined into a single long word, without spacing. It is constructed in the Präteritum tense. There have also been versions of the tongue twister in the Dutch...

subjunctive.) German uses three forms for the past tense. The preterite (Präteritum) (called the "imperfect" in older grammar books, but this, a borrowing...

Präsens, which is a Konjunktiv I, e.g. "er gehe" Konjunktiv Imperfekt (or Präteritum), which is a Konjunktiv II, e.g. "er ginge" Konjunktiv Perfekt, which...

Example: Ich kaufe das Auto. ("I buy the car") Preterite (Imperfekt, Präteritum) – It is the past-conjugated form of the infinitive. This past tense is...

time: Phil. Diss. (Dissertation writing) Das germanische reduplizierte Präteritum (Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser...