verkauftet

Verkauftet is a form of the German verb verkaufen, used to express the simple past for the second-person plural. In contemporary standard German, the corresponding sentence is typically written with the pronoun and finite verb as two words: ihr verkauftet, meaning “you all sold.” The verb form verkauftet itself is the Präteritum (imperfect) 2nd person plural ending attached to the stem verkauf-.

Conjugation context: The full Präteritum paradigm of verkaufen is: ich verkaufte, du verkauftest, er/sie/es verkaufte, wir verkauften, ihr verkauftet, sie verkauften. The form verkauftet thus functions as the verb part of the clause with ihr as subject. It is distinct from verkauft, the past participle used with haben to form perfect tenses (ich habe verkauft).

Orthography and usage: In modern writing, verkauftet is normally treated as a single verb form (one word) following the subject, e.g., Gestern verkauftet ihr eure Bücher. The capitalized form Verkauftet would only occur if used as a proper noun or at sentence start, not as a standard noun in everyday language.

Historical notes: German verb endings for weak verbs in the Präteritum have historically included forms like -test (du), -tet (ihr). Variants and spellings can appear in older texts or regional dialects, but darfliche Standardformen align with the listed paradigm.

See also: verkaufen, Präteritum, past participle verkauft.