Besuchte

Besuchte is the simple past tense (Präteritum) of the German verb besuchen, meaning to visit. It is a transitive verb used to describe an act of visiting a person, place, or event in the past. The form agrees with the subject as follows: ich besuchte, du besuchtest, er/sie/es besuchte, wir besuchten, ihr besuchtet, sie/Sie besuchten.

Usage in sentences typically appears in written narrative or formal reporting. Examples: Ich besuchte heute meine Großmutter. Er besuchte die Ausstellung. Wir besuchten Freunde in Berlin. The simple past can be used with a direct object or a destination, as in those examples.

In everyday spoken German, the Perfekt often replaces the Präteritum. The corresponding Perfekt form is ich habe besucht, du hast besucht, er hat besucht, etc., with the past participle besuch t. The participle remains besucht across persons, while the auxiliary verb changes. Thus, the same action can be expressed as Ich habe meine Großmutter besucht in conversation.

Etymology and related forms: besuchte derives from the verb besuchen, itself from the noun Besuch (visit) combined with the normal verb suffixes. Related terms include the noun Besuch (visit) and the past participle besucht, used in perfect tenses.