This is the 13556th most frequent German word.
darstellten
"Darstellten" is the past tense plural form of "darstellen," meaning "to depict," "to represent," or "to portray."
Here, 'darstellten' is used as the third-person plural past tense of the verb 'darstellen', meaning 'to depict'/'to represent'.
Die Bilder darstellten die Schönheit der Natur.
The pictures depicted the beauty of nature.
In this sentence, 'darstellten' refers to the act of actors portraying or representing characters.
In der Aufführung darstellten die Schauspieler historische Figuren.
In the performance, the actors portrayed historical figures.
Here, 'darstellten' denotes the function of the maps conveying or representing data visually.