grüßtet

Grüßtet is a German verb form. It represents the second-person plural simple past tense (Präteritum) of the verb grüßen, meaning to greet. In English it corresponds to “you all greeted.”

Grüßen is a weak verb, and its Präteritum forms follow the regular pattern for the plural. The full paradigm for the relevant forms in the Präteritum is: ich grüßte, du grüßtest, er/sie/es grüßte, wir grüßten, ihr grüßtet, sie grüßten. Therefore, grüßtet specifically corresponds to the subject ihr (you all) and means that the greeting occurred in the past.

Usage and style considerations: In contemporary spoken German, the Perfekt (e.g., ihr habt gegrüßt) is more common for past actions, while Präteritum forms like grüßtet are more frequent in written narration, historical writing, or formal contexts. The form is suitable for describing past events in a sequence or in literary prose.

Orthography and morphology: The form is written with the Eszett (ß) as in grüßtet, reflecting the stem grüß- and the standard Präteritum ending -tet for the 2nd person plural. It is one of several past-tense endings used with the verb grüßen.

Example: Gestern grüßtet ihr die Nachbarn freundlich beim Treffen. In this sentence, grüßtet conveys a past action performed by “you all.”