durfte

In a sentence

• Ich durfte gestern lange schlafen.

  I was allowed to sleep in late yesterday.

  Here, 'durfte' is the past tense of 'dürfen,' indicating permission to do something in the past.

• Er durfte das Museum ohne Maske nicht betreten.

  He was not allowed to enter the museum without a mask.

  Here, 'durfte' expresses restriction in the past, signifying that permission to enter was denied.

• Wir durften endlich reisen, nachdem die Vorschriften geändert wurden.

  We were finally allowed to travel after the regulations changed.

  In this example, 'durfte' implies permission granted in the past following a change in rules.