Räumtet

Räumtet is the second-person plural form in the Präteritum (simple past) of the German verb räumen, meaning to clear, vacate, or make space. It is used in narrative or formal writing to describe an action performed in the past by the group addressed as ihr (you all). The form shows that multiple people carried out the clearing.

In standard German, the full set of Präteritum forms for räumen includes: ich räumte, du räumtest, er räumte, wir räumten, ihr räumtet, sie räumten. The corresponding Perfekt (present perfect) form, often more common in speech, is ihr habt geräumt.

Usage notes: Räumtet appears primarily in written or formal past-tense narration. In everyday spoken German, speakers more frequently use the Perfekt construction (ihr habt geräumt). An example sentence is: Gestern räumtet ihr den Hof auf.

Etymology and morphophonology: The verb räumen comes from the Germanic language family and has sense related to clearing or making space. The Präteritum forms, including räumtet, adhere to standard weak-verb conjugation patterns in German.

See also: räumen, aufräumen, machen gemacht (as related verbs for clearing or tidying). This entry focuses on räumtet as a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item or proper noun.