No. 1,636 in German
wusste
"Wusste" means "knew" (simple past of "wissen," to know).
In a sentence
Ich wusste, dass das Konzert heute Abend stattfindet.
I knew that the concert is happening tonight.
Here, 'wusste' is used as the simple past tense of 'wissen' to express the knowledge of an event happening later in time.
Er wusste nicht, wie man das Problem löst.
He didn’t know how to solve the problem.
In this sentence, 'wusste' expresses past ignorance about a method or process.
Wir wussten bereits von ihrer Ankunft früher.
We already knew about her earlier arrival.
Here, 'wusste' is used in the plural form to indicate that the knowledge was shared and occurred in the past.
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