konnte Learn Unstarted Summary The German translation for “could” is konnte. Examples of "could" in use There are 13 examples of the German word for "could" being used: Recording English German Learn Bob could not control his anger. Bob konnte seine Wut nicht kontrollieren. Learn She was so shocked that she couldn’t speak. Sie war so geschockt, dass sie nicht sprechen konnte. Learn Tom couldn’t tell one twin from the other. Tom konnte die Zwillinge nicht voneinander unterscheiden. Learn Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Practice Lesson "could" Practice (10) Lesson Learn Lesson words could etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases before he could say anything else, Bob could not control his anger., I couldn’t anticipate that that would happen., I couldn’t find anybody., I wasn’t thinking clearly., She could see into the room., She couldn’t squat for long., She wasn’t able to meet him., Tom wasn’t able to hide his excitement. etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Miscellaneous 23 Part of Speech Courses Verbs 10 Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech