tanzten

In a sentence

• Wir tanzten die ganze Nacht.

  We danced all night.

  Here, 'tanzten' is the first-person plural simple past form of 'tanzen', describing an action in the past.

• Während sie sang, tanzten die Gäste um das Feuer.

  While she sang, the guests danced around the fire.

  In this example, 'tanzten' is the third-person plural simple past form of 'tanzen', indicating a continuous past action.

• Früher, wenn er glücklich war, tanzten seine Füße von selbst.

  In the past, when he was happy, his feet would dance on their own.

  Here, 'tanzten' illustrates the simple past tense for third-person plural, used to describe an action that occurred habitually or repeatedly in the past.