ich lautete

was worded, was

→ lauten
laut to read, to be worded + ete 1st/3rd-person singular past
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #40,155
was worded, was Used for the wording or content of something, or to state what a name was.
GE: Die Antwort lautete Nein.
EN: The answer was no.
Conjugation of lauten
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First lautete —
Third lautete —
Subjunctive past
SingularPlural
First lautete —
Third lautete —

Er wusste, dass keinen Sinn hatte, was er tat, aber so lautete der Befehl.

He knew that what he was doing made no sense, but that was the order.

Der Befehl lautete, im Zug zu bleiben.

The order was to stay on the train.

— Bullet Train (2022)

Wenn du spontan einen Namen sagen müsstest, lautete er"Tom".

If you had to name someone off the top of your head, it would be “Tom.”

Sein Vorname lautete Tom.

His first name was Tom.

Ihr kennt sie unter"Shaffer", aber ihr wahrer Name lautete Brittle.

You know her as “Shaffer,” but her real name was Brittle.

— Django Unchained (2012)