GERMAN · C1WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

erstehen

buy; acquire by purchase

Auf dem Markt erstand sie eine alte Lampe, deren ungewöhnliche Form gut zu dem sonst bewusst schlicht eingerichteten Zimmer passte.

At the market, she bought an old lamp whose unusual shape suited the otherwise deliberately simply furnished room.

arise again; come to life

Während sie die Briefe las, erstanden vor ihrem inneren Auge Szenen aus einer Kindheit, über die in der Familie lange kaum gesprochen worden war.

As she read the letters, scenes arose in her mind from a childhood rarely discussed in the family for a long time.

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