ersinnen
In English: to devise, to think up
B1VERB
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Verb forms
- Präteritum
- ersann
- Partizip II
- ersonnen
- Perfekt auxiliary
- haben
Quick quiz
___ Erwachsene?
Example sentences
Sie ersann eine gute Lösung.
She came up with a good solution.
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Nice words. Did you come up with them yourself?
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