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das Erstaunen

A2 Noun frequency rank #9,320

What Erstaunen means

Noun

  1. astonishment, amazement
  2. gerund of erstaunen

Forms

das Erstaunen · no common plural

Pronunciation

Erstaunen in a sentence

Zu unser aller Erstaunen trat er plötzlich zurück.

To our great surprise, he suddenly resigned.

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Erstaunen is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #9,320 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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