Preterite (redirect from Präteritum)
distinction between preterite (Präteritum) and perfect (Perfekt). (Older grammar books sometimes use Imperfekt instead of Präteritum, a borrowing from Latin...
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direct conjugation of the verb: Present – Präsens Preterite – Imperfekt or Präteritum Imperative – Imperativ Perfect – Perfekt (past participle, does not vary...
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Präteritum ("ich ging") can be substituted with the perfect ("ich bin gegangen") to a certain degree. Nevertheless, the use of neither the Präteritum...
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168-178 Euler (2013): p. 170-173 Meid, Wolfgang (1971). "Das germanische Präteritum", Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, p. 13; Euler, Wolfram/Badenheuer...
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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...
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combined into a single long word, without spacing. It is constructed in the Präteritum tense. An early German occurrence of a similar tongue twister can be found...
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subjunctive.) German uses three forms for the past tense. The preterite (Präteritum) (called the "imperfect" in older grammar books, but this, a borrowing...
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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...
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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...
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time: Phil. Diss. (Dissertation writing) Das germanische reduplizierte Präteritum (Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser...
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