durfte

first/third-person singular preterite of dürfen

dürfen

1. (auxiliary, preterite-present) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may
2. (intransitive, participle, past, preterite-present, transitive) to be allowed or permitted to do something implied or previously stated; may
3. (auxiliary, preterite-present, subjunctive-ii) expresses a prediction with mild doubt, that something is estimated or probable
4. (colloquial, preterite-present) must, to have [got] to, gotta
5. (obsolete, preterite-present, transitive, with-genitive) to need, to require

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Concepts

was allowed

Translations

potei

Sentences

Dabei durfte er seinen Diener Pura mitnehmen .

He was allowed to take his servant Pura with him.

Gabun durfte nun auch Vertreter in die französische Nationalversammlung entsenden .

Gabon was now also allowed to send representatives to the French National Assembly.

Außerhalb des Bertelsmann-Konzerns durfte der geschützte Markenname Ariola nicht mehr weiter verwendet werden .

Outside the Bertelsmann Group, the protected brand name Ariola could no longer be used.