formte meaning and definition in german

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Verb

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First-person singular preterite of formen.
Third-person singular preterite of formen.
First-person singular subjunctive II of formen.
Third-person singular subjunctive II of formen.

Example

Ich zeichnete sie groß und formte sie schön; die Augenwimpern wurden lang und dunkel, die Iris glänzend und groß.I drew them large; I shaped them well: the eyelashes I traced long and sombre; the irids lustrous and large.OP123324

Hätte sie aber ihr namenloses Unbehagen, das sich aller Augenblicke neu formte wie leichtes Gewölk und das wie der Wind wirbelte, in Worte zu fassen verstanden?If Charles had but wished it, if he had guessed it, if his look had but once met her thought, it seemed to her that a sudden plenty would have gone out from her heart, as the fruit falls from a tree when shaken by a hand. But as the intimacy of their life became deeper, the greater became the gulf that separated her from him.OP293330

Manchmal formte es sich im Dunkel zu einem massigen Schatten, der mit einem Male Leben bekam, sich emporrichtete und wieder neigte und wie ein schwarzes Ungetüm auf die beiden zuzukommen schien, um sie zu erdrücken.Masses of shadow here and there loomed out in the darkness, and sometimes, vibrating with one movement, they rose up and swayed like immense black waves pressing forward to engulf them.OP344093