unter Spannung stehen

A2 Phrase frequency rank #2,385

What unter Spannung stehen means

Phrase

to be live, to carry voltage

Forms

Phrase · feste Wendung

Pronunciation

unter Spannung stehen in a sentence

Die Kabel können hier noch unter Spannung stehen.

The cables here may still be live.

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unter Spannung stehen is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #2,385 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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