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wir retteten

saved, rescued

→ retten
rett save, rescue + ete past tense + n 1st/3rd person plural verb ending
verb · 1st-person plural / 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #45,990
saved, rescued This is the simple past form of „retten“; it is also the past subjunctive form, but the examples use it as simple past.
GE: Die Feuerwehrleute retteten den Hund.
EN: The firefighters rescued the dog.
Conjugation of retten
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First rettete retteten
Third rettete retteten
Subjunctive past
SingularPlural
First rettete retteten
Third rettete retteten

Weil Sie mir das Leben retteten.

Because you saved my life.

— Andhadhun (2018)

Sie retteten mir das Leben.

They saved my life.

— Andhadhun (2018)

Sie retteten mich, um mich zu einer Marionette in Ihrem Drama zu machen.

They rescued me to make me a puppet in their drama.

— Der letzte Kaiser (1987)

Man kann uns zugute halten, wir retteten den Kindern das Leben.

To our credit, we saved the children's lives.

— Die Kinder des Monsieur Mathieu (2004)