ich heulte

howled, cried, wailed

→ heulen
heul to cry, to sob + te past tense (1st/3rd person singular)
verb · first singular · past indicative Rare #42,887
howled
GE: Der Hund heulte die ganze Nacht.
EN: The dog howled all night.
cried, wailed Often suggests loud or prolonged crying.
GE: Das Kind heulte, weil es sein Spielzeug verloren hatte.
EN: The child cried because it had lost its toy.
Conjugation of heulen
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First heulte
Third heulte
Subjunctive past
SingularPlural
First heulte
Third heulte

Sie schloss sich im Badezimmer ein und heulte.

She locked herself in the bathroom and cried.

Der Wind heulte.

The wind howled.

Tom heulte.

Tom cried.

In der Nacht heulte er sich in den Schlaf, aber was tat er am nächsten Morgen?

He cried himself to sleep that night, but what did he do the next morning?

— Whiplash (2014)