Verb

glauben

Translation

believed, thought

Sie glaubten der Geschichte nicht.

They didn't believe the story.

Wir glaubten, es sei eine gute Idee.

We thought it was a good idea.

Früher glaubten die Menschen an viele Götter.

In the past, people believed in many gods.

((an+4)) to believe in sth. In the past, people believed in many gods.

((j-m)) to believe sb. The children believed the storyteller.

((dass ...)) to believe that ... We believed that the train would be on time.

Synonyms: meinten (thought), annahmen (assumed); Antonyms: zweifelten (doubted).

The simple past (Präteritum) form of 'glauben'. The '-ten' is a common plural past tense ending.

This is the simple past of 'glauben'. The '-ten' ending is common for plural past tense verbs, like in 'sagten' (said) or 'machten' (made).