Präteritum

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin praeteritum, short for tempus praeteritum (literally “having-gone-by time”); the latter is the past participle of praetereō, itself from praeter + eō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [pʁɛˈteːʁitʊm] Hyphenation: Prä‧ter‧itum (etymological) Hyphenation: Prä‧te‧ri‧tum (phonetic) === Noun === Präteritum n (strong, genitive Präteritums, plural Präterita) (grammar) preterite (preterite tense; past tense) Synonym: Vergangenheit f ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (in a strict sense): erste Vergangenheit f, Imperfekt n, Mitvergangenheit f ==== Hyponyms ==== (in a broad sense): Imperfekt, Perfekt, Plusquamperfekt === Further reading === “Präteritum” in Duden online “Präteritum”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)