No. 15,866 in German
überraschten
"Überraschten" means "surprised" in English.
In a sentence
Die Kinder überraschten ihre Eltern mit einem selbstgemachten Frühstück.
The children surprised their parents with a homemade breakfast.
Here, "überraschten" is used as the third-person plural past tense of "überraschen", signifying an action performed by the children to surprise their parents.
Ich überraschte meine Freunde mit einer Party.
I surprised my friends with a party.
In this context, "überraschte" is used as the first-person singular past tense of the verb "überraschen", indicating that the speaker surprised their friends.
Wir überraschten unsere Lehrerin mit einem Geschenk.
We surprised our teacher with a gift.
For this sentence, "überraschten" is employed in the first-person plural past tense, indicating the group surprised their teacher.
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