No. 15,653 in German
zahlte
"Zahlte" is the past tense of "zahlen," meaning "paid."
In a sentence
Er zahlte die Rechnung im Restaurant.
He paid the bill at the restaurant.
Here 'zahlte' is used to indicate that someone carried out the action of paying for something.
Ich zahlte oft für meine jüngeren Geschwister, als ich in der Schule war.
I often paid for my younger siblings when I was in school.
In this sentence, 'zahlte' is used in a habitual past context to describe a regular action.
Sie zahlte schon, bevor wir ankamen.
She had already paid before we arrived.
'Zahlte' is used here to show a specific action of payment that happened in the past prior to another action.
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